ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2017
Parents' presence and parent-infant closeness in 11 neonatal intensive care units in six European countries vary between and within the countries.
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- Parental satisfaction with care given in neonatal intensive care units, multicentre referral hospitals in eastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Parental singing during kangaroo care: parents' experiences of singing to their preterm infant in the NICU.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Parents' and neonatal healthcare professionals' views on barriers and facilitators to parental presence in the neonatal unit: a qualitative study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Neonatal family-centered care: evidence and practice models.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2024Article
- New policies on skin-to-skin contact warrant an oxytocin-based perspective on perinatal health care.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimLittle is known about the amount of physical parent-infant closeness in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and this study explored that issue in six European countries.
methodsThe parents of 328 preterm infants were recruited in 11 NICUs in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Italy and Spain. They filled in daily diaries about how much time they spent in the NICU, in skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and holding their babies in the first two weeks of their hospitalisation.
resultsThe parents' NICU presence varied from a median of 3.3 (minimum 0.7-maximum 6.7) to 22.3 (18.7-24.0) hours per day (p < 0.001), SSC varied from 0.3 (0-1.4) to 6.6 (2.2-19.5) hours per day (p < 0.001) and holding varied from 0 (0-1.5) to 3.2 (0-7.4) hours per day (p < 0.001). Longer SSC was associated with singleton babies and more highly educated mothers. Holding the baby for longer was associated with gestational age. The most important factor supporting parent-infant closeness was the opportunity to stay overnight in the NICU. Having other children and the distance from home to the hospital had no impact on parent-infant closeness.
conclusionParents spent more time in NICUs if they could stay overnight, underlining the importance that these facilities play in establishing parent-infant closeness.
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