Objective To synthesize and summarize evidence regarding the mental health of parents of
infants in the NICU. Data Sources Thirteen electronic databases were searched in October …

Background: The family response to critical illness includes development of adverse
psychological outcomes such as anxiety, acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress …

Background Infants born preterm are at increased risk of developing cognitive and motor
impairment compared with infants born at term. Early developmental interventions have …

Background Preterm infants are at greater risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities than full
term infants. Interventions supporting parents to improve the quality of the infant's …

Objective: To develop clinical practice guidelines for the support of the patient and family in
the adult, pediatric, or neonatal patient-centered ICU. Participants: A multidisciplinary task …

OBJECTIVE. Although low birth weight premature infants and parents are at high risk for
adverse health outcomes, there is a paucity of studies that test early NICU interventions with …

Background With improved medical outcome in preterm infants, the psychosocial situation of
their families is receiving increasing attention. For parents, the birth of a preterm infant is …

Background: Implementation of evidence‐based practice (EBP) by health professionals is a
key strategy for improving health care quality and patient outcomes as well as increasing …

Objective. Increasing numbers of children in the United States (ie,∼ 200 children per 100
000 population) require intensive care annually, because of advances in pediatric …

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 …