Table 7.

Social outcomes

Social outcome domains	Number of studies discussing outcome domain (n=62)	Outcome	Number of studies discussing outcome (n=62)	Verbatim text extract
Relationships with others	19	Bonding with family and friends	3	‘The only thing we might have done…some of our closest friends…it would have been nice to have them there as well.’ 67
		Bonding with parents	8	‘I find it a great joy when the mums do hold the baby against their chest.’ 76
		Effects on family and friends	7	Almost all parents acknowledged the emotional adjustment of other family members in response to raising a child with physical impairment. 45
		Family resources	2	Three families felt overwhelmed by a lack of resources (especially in the area of family support). 65
		Peer acceptance	2	I’ve had 4 year-olds tell me the other kids don’t want to play with them cause they have a dumb arm. 57
		Other outcomes only in 1 paper		Childhood happiness: overprotective parent–child relationship: psychological coping
Psychiatric	7	Need for educational support	7	The patient is at an age-appropriate grade level but attends resource classes in math and achieves only average grades in other areas. 49
		Psychiatric disorder	3	The mother is very focused on the boys' physical and emotional symptoms. 49
		Other outcomes only in 1 paper		Autism: behavioural disturbances: dyslexia: mood disorders
Other outcomes		Other outcomes only in 1 paper		Schooling: self-identifying as premature