Family-centred care change during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family-centred care (FCC) is an approach to promote family and health care provider partnership. This has been incorporated into neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide. However, FCC in low resource health settings, such as Thailand, is challenging and further impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Aims

To evaluate FCC innovations to improve respect, collaboration and support in a Thai NICU.

Study design

A quasi-experimental study was conducted in an NICU in southern Thailand. Pre-implementation was prior to COVID-19, and parental and staff perceptions of FCC were measured via Perceptions of Family Centred Care-Parent (PFCC-P) and -Staff (PFCC-S) survey. The FCC innovations were developed by stakeholders based on the COVID-19 restrictions,

SUBMITTER: Vetcho S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115396 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature