Trial reportBMC pediatrics2022
The effect of family integrated care on the prognosis of premature infants.
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- Korean clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation in critically ill patients and post-intensive care syndrome.Acute and critical care · 2026Guideline
- Impact of parent education programmes on confidence and self-efficacy in parents of preterm infants: a systematic review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers to the practice of neonatal family integrated care from the perspective of healthcare professionals: a systematic review.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2025Pooled it
- Summary of best evidence on parental involvement in neonatal intensive care units: integrating family-centered and family-integrated care models.Global health action · 2026Review
- Korean Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Application of the African Philosophy Ubuntu to the Care of Families With Infants Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia for the Treatment of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals · 2026Article
- Implementation of Family Integrated Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Sussex, UK.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development and Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Management Indicator System for Transitional Care in Preterm Infants Using a Delphi and AHP Approach.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Family-Centered care in the NICU: an integrative literature review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Family Integrated Care in Single Family Rooms and Neonatal Outcomes in Preterm Infants: A Multicenter Cohort Study.Neonatology · 2026Article
- Family-centered care in the neonatal intensive care unit: a meta-analysis and systematic review of outcomes for preterm infants.Translational pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Parents' Participation in Care during Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Stay in COVID-19 Era: An Observational Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Effect of family integrated care on breastfeeding of preterm infants: A scoping review.Nursing open · 2023Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of family integrated care (FICare) on the prognosis of children hospitalized with preterm infants.
methodsTwo hundred thirty preterm infants admitted to our hospital from January 2019 to April 2021 were enrolled in a prospective randomized study and divided into 115 cases in the intervention group and 115 cases in the control group according to the random number table method, and given the FICare and the conventional care, respectively. The duration of nasogastric tube retention, time to achieve total enteral nutrition, rate of weight gain, exclusive breastfeeding rate, length of hospital stay, growth and development, readmission rate, parental self-efficacy, family functioning and complications related to prematurity were compared between the two groups.
resultsCompared with the control group, the intervention group had shorter nasogastric tube retention time, shorter time to achieve total enteral nutrition, higher exclusive breastfeeding rate, shorter time of hospital stay and better growth rate. Before the intervention, there was no difference in parental self-efficacy and family functioning between the two groups; after the intervention, the intervention group had higher parental self-efficacy and higher ratings of family functioning, and the difference was statistically significant. Compared with the control group, the intervention group had a lower readmission rate and significantly lower incidence of infection and choking.
conclusionThe FICare can shorten the time of nasogastric tube retention, shorten time to achieve total enteral nutrition and hospital stay, increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding and the rate of weight gain, finally improve the prognosis of preterm infants and have a positive effect on parents.
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