Parental preference for webcams in neonatal intensive care units: an indicator of lacking trust?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some neonatal intensive care units offer parents webcam systems for times when they cannot be in the ward. Leaving an infant in the ward can be challenging for parents, and trust in the neonatal healthcare professionals mitigates parents' worries of not knowing how their infant is doing while they are away. If parents lack trust in the neonatal healthcare professionals, they may attempt to compensate by using webcams. In this work, we examine whether an association exists between the parental preference to use a webcam and low trust in physicians and nursing staff.

Methods

In a nationwide, retrospective cross-sectional study, parents of infants with a birth weight below 1500 g were surveyed six to 18 months after their infant's birth. Parents who were not offered

SUBMITTER: Mause L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277807 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature