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Nurses' strategies to provide emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Interprofessional Perspectives on Communication Quality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2026Article
- Maternal knowledge and clinically relevant care gaps in preterm infant care in Gaza, Palestine: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Beyond Individual Resilience: A Social-Ecological Perspective on Sustaining the NICU Nursing Workforce.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Unrecognized and Unheard: Experiences of Black Mothers Navigating the "Good NICU Mother" Ideal Across the Preterm Birth Continuum.Research square · 2026Article
- Mothers' experiences of journaling during their infants' stay in a baby-friendly NICU: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- The effect of tele-nursing on premature infants and their mothers: a systematic review.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Investigating parental perspectives of the enablers and barriers to communication with their preterm infants: A narrative study.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2026Article
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- Experiences of mothers in the context of a staffing intervention in select newborn units in Kenyan public hospitals.International journal of nursing studies · 2025Article
- Psychological and Spiritual Support for Parents of a Premature Baby in the Intensive Care Unit: Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Challenges and Solutions to Building Family-Staff Relationships in the NICU: A Qualitative Study.Hospital pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effect of obsessive compulsive behavior and breastfeeding self-efficacy on maternal satisfaction in the postpartum period: a case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Communication Difficulties Faced by Mothers of Neonates in Selected Neonatal Care Units.Cureus · 2025Article
- Optimal Discharge Education: Evidence for Enhancing Family Preparedness for Premature Infants.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
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- The global scope and components of family-centred care for preterm infants: An umbrella review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
aimTo synthesize and integrate current international knowledge regarding nursing strategies for the provision of emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.
methodsA systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken. Four English-language databases including EMBASE, PubMed (including MEDLINE), Scopus, and Web of Science were searched from January 2010 to October 2021. Original quantitative studies that were written in English and focused on nursing strategies for the provision of emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit were included. Eligibility assessment, data extraction, and methodological quality appraisal were conducted independently by the review authors. A narrative synthesis of the review results and a meta-analysis were performed.
resultsTwenty studies that were published from 2010 to 2021 were included in the review. Three categories concerning the review aims were identified: 'nursing strategies related to mothers' emotions and infant-mother attachment', 'nursing strategies related to mothers' empowerment', and 'nursing strategies related to mothers' participation in care process and support'. Eight interventional studies that reported mothers' stress as the study outcome were entered into the meta-analysis. Interventions consisted of the educational programme, spiritual care, telenursing, parent support programme, skin-to-skin care, and guided family centred care. Significantly lower maternal stress was found in the intervention group compared with that of the control group (
conclusionThis review identified and highlighted key nursing strategies used to provide emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. They included family centred care, skin-to-skin care, parent support and education programmes, interpersonal psychotherapy, spiritual care, newborn individualized developmental care and assessment programme, and telenursing.
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