The Development of Data Collection Tools to Measure Parent-Infant Closeness and Family-Centered Care in NICUs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm and sick infants benefit from parent-infant closeness and family-centered care (FCC) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Prospective and feasible tools are needed to measure these care practices to facilitate their implementation.

Aims

To describe the development process of three prospective data collection tools that measure parent-infant closeness and the quality of FCC.

Methods

Data collection tools were developed in an iterative process consisting of three development cycles. Feedback was gathered from parents, staff, and researchers. The first stages of development focused on the content validity, appropriate scaling, and optimization of the response rate of these tools.

Results

The study included parents of 490 infants and the nur

SUBMITTER: Axelin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756210 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature