Outcomes Following Close Collaboration With Parents Intervention in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Family-centered care (FCC) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) is critical for parental involvement and infant well-being, yet few studies have evaluated the impact of FCC interventions on practice or examined how implementation fidelity may affect these outcomes.

Objectives

To evaluate the association between the Close Collaboration With Parents intervention and FCC practices and how implementation fidelity may modify these outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This nonrandomized clinical trial had a before-and-after design. It was conducted between March 2021 and June 2023 at 6 NICUs in Estonia and included the parents of all newborns and all staff.

Intervention

Close Collaboration With Parents is an educational intervention for multipro

SUBMITTER: Itoshima R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11718553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature