Experiences of mothers of NICU preterm infants in milk management out of the hospital: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human milk is important for the health and development of preterm infants. China's neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have adopted the management system of maternal-infant separation. Human milk received and used by NICUs is managed by the infants' families in the out-of-hospital environment. There is scant publication on mothers' opinions on out-of-hospital human milk management. This study aimed to explore the experiences of Chinese mothers providing their infants in the NICUs with human milk expressed outside of the hospital.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 participants recruited from June 2020 to November 2020, who transported their human milk to the human milk bank of Women's Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University during

SUBMITTER: Yang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9805215 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature