Healthcare professional perceptions of family-centred rounds in French NICUs: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the perceptions of healthcare professionals (HCPs) regarding parental presence at medical rounds in French neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). We hypothesised that HCPs would perceive barriers against allowing parental participation in round discussions.

Methods

This cross-sectional study approached 304 HCPs from three groups; group 1: French professionals that attended an annual French-speaking meeting of the Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP); group 2: NICU professionals from a tertiary care academic hospital in western France; and group 3: paediatric residents from six French universities. We invited all HCPs to complete a questionnaire about medical round practices and their perceptions towards parent partici

SUBMITTER: Thebaud V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734206 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature