ArticleJournal of global health2025
An investigation into the impact of family integrated care on extrauterine growth restriction at discharge in very low birth weight infants: a multi-centre study.
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The Impact of Family Integrated Care on the Occurrence of Extrauterine Growth Restriction at Discharge in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: a Multicenter, Retrospective Case-control Study
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- An interpretable machine learning model for predicting NICU admission in preterm infants: a single-center retrospective cohort study.Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
- Family-Centered care in the NICU: an integrative literature review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Alberta family integrated careFrontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
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Abstract
Background: Family integrated care (FIC) encourages parental involvement in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and has been found to promote weight gain in preterm infants. Extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR) results from inadequate growth among very low birth weight infants (VLBWI), which has been found to contribute to parental anxiety. To address an existing gap in research, we aimed to examine the impact of parental involvement on EUGR at discharge in VLBWI. Methods: We conducted a retrospective, multi-centre case-control study involving VLBWIs admitted to 17 NICUs across eight southeastern Chinese provinces and cities from February 2021 to November 2023. We categorised cases and control groups based on the presence of EUGR at discharge and compared their perinatal and hospitalisation characteristics, as well as FIC duration, using a generalised linear mixed model. Results: EUGR in VLBWI at discharge was associated with birth weight (odds ratio (OR) = 0.547; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.490, 0.610), gestational week (<28 weeks) (OR = 3.101; 95% CI = 1.909, 5.038), Apgar score at 1 minute ≤7 (OR = 1.525; 95% CI = 1.119, 2.079), being small for gestational age (OR = 3.269; 95% CI = 1.547, 6.908), maternal gestational hypertension (OR = 1.868; 95% CI = 1.270, 2.748), necrotising enterocolitis (OR = 2.254; 95% CI = 1.386, 3.667), and total FIC duration. Based on literature and clinical practice, we divided the total FIC duration into three groups. We found that the lowest OR was associated with >18 hours of care, followed by ≤18 hours, while the highest was associated with 0 hours of care. Conclusions: We identified higher birth weight and FIC as protective factors against EUGR at discharge in VLBWI. In contrast, we recognised gestational age <28 weeks, an Apgar score ≤7 at 1 minute, small for gestational age, maternal gestational hypertension, and necrotising enterocolitis as risk factors. Nevertheless, further research is required to analyse the relationship between FIC and EUGR at discharge. Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06550440).
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