Perceptions and expectations of parents regarding their position in a French NICU: quantitative and qualitative approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess perceptions, expectations, and concerns of parents of preterm infants regarding their position during hospital admission in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Design

Data were analysed from two studies, using complementary methods (quantitative and qualitative). Study I surveyed parents via a questionnaire, and study II was a reanalysis of interviews with fathers, collected in a previous study.

Setting

Neonatology department in a French tertiary care university hospital that promotes the Newborn Individualised Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP).

Participants

In both studies, participants had a premature child admitted for any level of care in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Results

For study I, about half (33) of eligible families

SUBMITTER: Thebaud V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272115 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature