Parents who spent more hours in intensive care units with their low birthweight newborn infant did not achieve autonomous care faster.
Acta Paediatr
; 112(10): 2104-2112, 2023 10.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
We examined the correlation between how long it took the parents of very low birthweight infants, born weighing up to 1500 g, to provide different kinds of autonomous care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).METHODS:
This prospective observational was conducted in the NICU of a Spanish hospital from 10 January 2020 to 3 May 2022. The unit had 11 beds single-family rooms and provided eight beds in an open bay room. The study examined breastfeeding, patient safety, participation in rounds, pain prevention and cleanliness.RESULTS:
We studied 96 patients and their parents and there was no correlation between any type of care and the time it took parents to provide it autonomously. Parents in the single-family room cohort spent a median of 9.5 h per day between them in the NICU, while the parents in the open bay room spent 7.0 h with their infants (p = 0.03). However, parents in the single-family room group were able to recognise pain faster (p = 0.02).CONCLUSION:
Parents in single-family rooms spent more time in the NICU and recognised pain faster but did not achieve autonomous care faster than parents in the open bay group.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Padres
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Unidades de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Paediatr
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España