Trial reportArchives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition2007
Randomised trial of a parenting intervention during neonatal intensive care.
Trial report in Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02879799 (Family Integrated Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Family Integrated Care (FICare) in Level II NICUs: An Innovative Program for Alberta
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Identifying outcomes and outcome measures in neonatal family-centered care trials: a systematic review.Pediatric research · 2025Pooled it
- Attachment- and Relationship-Based Interventions during NICU Hospitalization for Families with Preterm/Low-Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review of RCT Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Group-based parent training programmes for improving emotional and behavioural adjustment in young children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Postnatal parental education for optimizing infant general health and parent-infant relationships.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Key components of early intervention programs for preterm infants and their parents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2013Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Family-centred care for hospitalised children aged 0-12 years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Visual habituation and dishabituation in preterm infants: a review and meta-analysis.Research in developmental disabilitiesPooled it
- Interventions to support parents, families and caregivers in caring for preterm or low birth weight infants at home: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Neonatal family-centered care: evidence and practice models.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2024Article
- Early psychosocial parent-infant interventions and parent-infant relationships after preterm birth-a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Unmet Parental Mental Health Service Needs in Neonatal Follow-Up Programs: Parent and Service Provider Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- NICU discharge preparation and transition planning: guidelines and recommendations.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2022Review
- Fathers' lived experiences of caring for their preterm infant at the neonatal unit and in neonatal home care after the introduction of a parental support programme: A phenomenological study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2021Article
- Impact of Maternity Support Program on the Stress of Mothers in the First Encounter with the Preterm Infants.International journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- A guided participation nursing intervention to theraupeutic positioning and care (GP_Posit) for mothers of preterm infants: protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
- Parenting style associations with sensory threshold and behaviour: a prospective cohort study in term/preterm infants.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2019Article
- NICU Hospitalization: Long-Term Implications on Parenting and Child Behaviors.Current treatment options in pediatrics · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the influence of parenting intervention on maternal responsiveness and infant neurobehavioural development following a very premature birth.
designCluster-randomised controlled trial, with a crossover design and three-month washout period.
settingSix neonatal intensive care units. PATIENTS: Infants born <32 weeks' gestation.
interventionThe Parent Baby Interaction Programme (PBIP) is a supportive, educational intervention delivered by research nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit, with optional home follow-up for up to six weeks after discharge.
main outcome measuresParenting stress at 3 months adjusted age, as measured by the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Other outcomes included the Neurobehavioural Assessment of the Preterm Infant (NAPI) and maternal interaction as assessed by the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCATS) and the responsivity subscale for Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME).
results112 infants were recruited in the intervention phases and 121 in the control phases. Mean standardised NAPI scores at 35 weeks did not differ between the PBIP and control groups. Both groups had low but similar NCATS caregiver scores before discharge (36.6 in the PBIP group and 37.4 in control, adjusted mean difference -0.7, 95% CI -2.7 to 1.4). At three months, adjusted age mean PSI scores for the PBIP group were 71.9 compared with 67.1 for controls (adjusted mean difference 3.8, 95% CI -4.7 to 12.4). NCATS scores and HOME responsivity scores were similarly distributed between the groups.
conclusionThis early, nurse-delivered, parent-focused interaction programme intervention had no measurable effects on short-term infant neurobehavioural function, mother-child interaction or parenting stresses.
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