ArticleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses2018
Fathers' Stress in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Article in Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05521620 (What Effect Does a Father-friendly NICU Have on Children, Parents, and Staff?), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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What Effect Does a Father-friendly NICU Have on Children, Parents, and Staff?
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- Mindfulness and Relaxation-Based Interventions to Reduce Parental Stress, Anxiety and/or Depressive Symptoms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review of family engagement interventions in neonatal, paediatric, and adult ICUs.Nursing in critical care · 2022Pooled it
- A global perspective on parental stress in the neonatal intensive care unit: a meta-analytic study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020Pooled it
- "Effect of a support program on fathers' stress and anxiety during initial NICU encounter with premature infants: a randomized clinical trial".Reproductive health · 2025Trial
- Perceived Parental Stress in Open Bay Versus Single-Family Rooms in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Observational
- Current Evidence and Considerations for Psychological Support Interventions for Fathers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- Parents' Experiences With Couplet Care Following Caesarean Section in an Integrated Neonatal and Maternity Unit.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2025Article
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- An intelligent agent for sentence completion test: creation and application in depression assessment.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Investigating Father or Partner Involvement in Family Integrated Care in Neonatal Units: Protocol for a Prospective, Multicenter, Multiphase StudyJMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- The Role of Distance from Home to Hospital on Parental Experience in the NICU: A Qualitative Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Quality of Life of Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Babies Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Indian pediatrics · 2023Article
- Parents' Perception of Staff Support in a Father-Friendly Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Evaluation of parental stress in neonatal intensive care unit in Iran: a national study.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Parental experiences in neonatal intensive care unit in Ethiopia: a phenomenological study.Annals of medicine · 2022Article
- Mediational models of maternal stress in neonatal intensive care units.Pediatric medicine (Hong Kong, China) · 2022Article
- Prevalence of anxiety and post-traumatic stress (PTS) among the parents of babies admitted to neonatal units: A systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Parents' experiences of family health conversations after having a child in need of neonatal intensive care.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2021Article
- An active pursuit of reassurance-coping strategies of fathers with infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealthcare professionals in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) tend to focus attention on the mothers and the newborn infants. Thus, fathers may find it difficult to establish an optimal father-child relationship and their stress may increase and persist during hospitalization. PURPOSE: To investigate the impact of a more father-friendly NICU on paternal stress and their participation in childcare.
methodsA quasiexperimental design was conducted on Danish-speaking fathers of newborn infants 28 or more weeks' gestational age. The Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS:NICU) was used to measure paternal perceptions of stressors. Paternal participation in childcare was measured using 7 additional items. The questionnaires were distributed on admission to the NICU, at the 14th day of hospitalization, and at the time of discharge. The primary outcome was the difference in the PSS:NICU overall stress score on admission to the NICU and at the time of discharge in the control group compared with the intervention group.
resultsA total of 109 fathers were included. The overall PSS:NICU stress score increased after the intervention. Paternal involvement, staff expectations, and the social expectation to fulfill the traditional role of a breadwinner and additionally of a caregiver may have caused increased stress. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Healthcare professionals must be aware of the father's need to be an equal coparent. Nurses, as key persons, should motivate and expect fathers to be involved, and support them to establish a father-child relationship, although they might become more stressed. IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH: More adequate outcome measures are needed to determine the effect of interventions on paternal stress.
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