Parents' experiences regarding neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic: country-specific findings of a multinational survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare systems, challenging neonatal care provision globally. Curtailed visitation policies are known to negatively affect the medical and emotional care of sick, preterm and low birth weight infants, compromising the achievement of the 2030 Development Agenda. Focusing on infant and family-centred developmental care (IFCDC), we explored parents' experiences of the disruptions affecting newborns in need of special or intensive care during the first year of the pandemic.

Design

Cross-sectional study using an electronic, web-based questionnaire.

Setting

Multicountry online-survey.

Methods

Data were collected between August and November 2020 using a pretested online, multilingual questionnaire. The target group co

SUBMITTER: Kostenzer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8990262 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature