Abstract Objectives The Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS: NICU)
is a well-validated tool to assess different sources of stress in parents during the NICU …

Aim: To synthesize and integrate current international knowledge regarding nursing
strategies for the provision of emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm …

Objective The objectives of this study were to identify maternal psychological responses to
infants' neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, understand the relationship between …

Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five
and often requires a newborn to have an extended stay in a neonatal intensive care unit …

Background: Admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is stressful for parents.
Nurses often focus on maternal well-being and fail to acknowledge the stress of fathers …

Purpose of review Parents of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
experience psychological distress, loss of the parenting role, and disruptions to parent-infant …

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

Hospitalization of a child in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is extremely stressful,
both for the child and for his or her family. The purpose of this study was to gain deeper …

Premature mothers present more anxiety and stress after delivery, which may be caused by
mother–infant separation while hospitalised. Skin‐to‐skin contact (SSC), a mitigating factor …

Objective To assess the extent to which social and family factors explain variability in
cognitive, language, and motor development among very preterm (< 30 weeks of gestation) …