There is increasing recognition that parents play a critical role in promoting the health
outcomes of low birthweight and preterm infants. Despite a large body of literature on …

The purposes of this article were to summarize the development of family-centered pediatric
care, review the current state of nursing research in this area, and recommend directions for …

Background This is an update of the Cochrane systematic review of family‐centred care
published in 2007 (Shields 2007). Family‐centred care (FCC) is a widely used model in …

Encyclopedic in breadth, yet practical and concise, Medical Biostatistics, Fourth Edition
focuses on the statistical aspects ofmedicine with a medical perspective, showing the utility …

Background and objective The birth of a preterm infant can be an overwhelming experience
of guilt, fear and helplessness for parents. Provision of interventions to support and engage …

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify how Family Integrated Care (FICare) affected maternal
stress and anxiety. Study Design: This secondary analysis of the FICare cluster randomised …

It is stressful for parents to have an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). To
better understand the parents' experience and the role of staff, we examined parental reports …

Objective To explore the impact of family centred care interventions on parents' satisfaction
and length of stay for patients admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit or a neonatal …

Background: Preterm infants constitute a large proportion of the newborn population in the
neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Parents, as the main members of the care team, are …

The trend toward single-room neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) is increasing; however
scientific evidence is, at this point, mostly anecdotal. This is a critical time to assess the …