Caregiving Experiences of Family Caregivers for Children with Tumors：a Qualitative Systematic Review

BackgroundAs the most direct caregivers, family caregivers play a crucial role in caring children with cancer. Qualitative studies on their emotions and experiences have reported that they face great challenges and pressures during caring children with cance.ObjectiveTo perform an integrative synthesis of caregiving experiences of family caregivers of children with cancer, providing evidence derived from practice for improving the caring for such children, and their family caregivers' physical and mental health.MethodsQualitative studies regarding caregiving experiences of family caregivers for children with cancer were retrieved from Web of Science, PubMed, EmBase, Medline, CNKI, and Wanfang Data from inception to June 1, 2021. Literature screening, and data extraction were performed by two researchers, separately. Methodological quality was assessed using JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses. And the results were synthesized using an integrative review approach.Resu