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Parents’ Participation in Care during Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Stay in COVID-19 Era: A Quantitative Observational Study (preprint)
preprints.org; 2024.
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| PREPRINT-PREPRINTS.ORG | ID: ppzbmed-10.20944.preprints202403.0507.v1
ABSTRACT
Background:
During the stay in the neonatal intensive care unit, parents play a crucial role in the care of their infants. Recent studies reported a decrease in parental participation due to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic that determined restricted access policies in hospitals. The aim of this study is to describe the barriers to a good parents’ participation during the stay in the neonatal intensive care unit in the COVID-19 era.Methods:
A quantitative observational study was carried out.Results:
270 parents participated in this study. Mothers’ participation in care seems to be higher as compared to fathers (p = 0.017). Parents who lived the birth of their first child reported a better level of participation in care when compared to those who lived the birth of their second born (p = 0.005). Parents of extremely preterm neonates reported a lower interaction with their infant if compared to parents of term newborns (p < 0.001).Conclusions:
Some more disadvantaged categories have reported lower scores cultural and linguistic minorities, parents of multiple children and fathers. COVID-19 pandemic made several Family Centred Care activities not possible with a higher impact on those who benefited the most of these facilities. This study was prospectively registered by the IRB-CRRM of the University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara on the 23/01/2024 with registration number CRRM;2023_12_07_01.
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Coronavirus Infections
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COVID-19
Language:
English
Year:
2024
Document Type:
Preprint
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