Parental grief following infant death in the NICU: a longitudinal mixed-methods exploration of parental experiences and influencing factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterise neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents' grieving process across time and to identify their perspectives on the healthcare providers' actions that acted as facilitators or barriers to the grieving process in the short (3-9 months) and longer term (18-24 months).

Design

Longitudinal mixed-methods study combining standardised grief and care satisfaction scales with qualitative data collected through semistructured interviews. The qualitative component was guided by an interpretive description approach, which is well-suited for generating clinically relevant insights into complex human experiences such as parental grief. Triangulating quantitative and qualitative data enhanced insight into how parental grief and perceptions of care evolved between

SUBMITTER: Alonso-Prieto E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314968 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature