Reducing parental trauma and stress in neonatal intensive care: systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To classify NICU interventions for parental distress and quantify their effectiveness.

Study design

We systematically reviewed controlled studies published before 2017 measuring NICU parental distress, defined broad intervention categories, and used random-effects meta-analysis to quantify treatment effectiveness.

Results

Among 1643 unique records, 58 eligible trials predominantly studied mothers of preterm infants. Interventions tested in 22 randomized trials decreased parental distress (p < 0.001) and demonstrated improvement beyond 6 months (p < 0.005). In subgroup analyses, complementary/alternative medicine and family-centered instruction interventions each decreased distress symptoms (p < 0.01), with fathers and mothers improving to similar extents. Mo

SUBMITTER: Sabnis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7067599 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature