Healthcare professionals’ sense of coherence of parental involvement in neonatal intensive care units: A framework synthesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Hui Chan ◽  
Shefaly Shorey
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Attitudes and Experiences Towards Death of Healthcare Professionals Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

2021 ◽  
pp. 003022282110486
Author(s):  
Dimitra Metallinou ◽  
Sofia Bardo ◽  
Iliana Kitsonidou ◽  
Niki Sotiropoulou
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Research Period

Background Death is an integral part of neonatal intensive care units’ (NICUs) environment and little it is known about NICU’s staff death concepts. Aim To investigate attitudes and experiences towards death of healthcare professionals (HPs) working in NICUs Design Totally 131 participants from six hospitals were included in the study. Research instruments were a questionnaire designed by the authors and the scale Death Attitude Profile-Revised. Results Gender, marital and educational status, frequent contact with end of life neonates and provision of neonatal end of life care during the research period correlated significantly with dimensions of DAP-R. Impact of NICU neonatal deaths on personal life correlated negatively with fear of death and positively with escape acceptance. Conclusion Evaluating the interrelationships among personal characteristics, attitudes and experiences towards death among NICU HPs may increase our understanding concerning working with dying neonates and provide direction for educational intervention and continuing professional support.

Parental involvement and kangaroo care in European neonatal intensive care units

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 568-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen R. Pallás-Alonso ◽  
Valentina Losacco ◽  
Alice Maraschini ◽  
Gorm Greisen ◽  
Veronique Pierrat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Kangaroo Care

scholarly journals Effects of parental involvement in infant care in neonatal intensive care units: a meta-analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-215
Author(s):  
Ting-Ting Liu ◽  
Meng-Jie Lei ◽  
Yu-Feng Li ◽  
Ya-Qian Liu ◽  
Li-Na Meng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
High Quality

Abstract Objective This meta-analysis aimed to examine the effects of parental involvement in infant care in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang database, and VIP database were searched till November 2017. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials (CCTs) examining the effect of parental involvement in the NICU were considered for inclusion. Results We included 10 studies (three RCTs, seven CCTs) with a total of 1,851 participants. The meta-analysis demonstrated that there were no statistically significant differences on nosocomial infection between two groups (risk ratio [RR] = 0.90, 95% CI 0.63–1.30, P = 0.58). Compared with no parental involvement groups, parental involvement groups showed more weight gain (mean difference [MD] = 1.47, 95% CI 0.65–2.29, P < 0.05), higher breast-feeding rate (RR = 1.38, 95% C11.25–1.53, P < 0.05), lower readmission rate (RR = 0.35, 95% CI 0.15–0.80, P < 0.05), and higher satisfaction rate (RR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.02–1.16, P< 0.05). Conclusions Parental involvement in the NICU interventions could not increase the rate of nosocomial infection of neonates, but could improve their weight gain, breast-feeding and parental satisfaction and decrease their readmission. However, since the conclusion of this meta-analysis was drawn based on the limited number of high-quality RCTs, more high-quality studies should be conducted in the future to confirm its positive intervention effects.

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