Parental Self-Efficacy and Personal Time Help Explain Impact of Parent-Staff Interactions on Parental Distress and Bonding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Autor: Grunberg VA; Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Newborn Medicine, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA. Electronic address: vgrunberg@mgh.harvard.edu., Presciutti A; Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., Vranceanu AM; Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., Lerou PH; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Newborn Medicine, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of pediatrics [J Pediatr] 2025 Jan; Vol. 276, pp. 114300. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114300
Abstrakt: Objectives: To identify factors that help explain associations between parent-staff interactions and: (1) parental depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress; and (2) parent-child bonding in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Study Design: Our cross-sectional mixed methods survey investigated the ways in which parental-staff interactions relate to parental distress and parent-child bonding. Parents with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (n = 165) completed validated measures and open-ended questions about their experiences with staff. Using a sequential explanatory approach, we examined: (1) whether and how parental self-efficacy and personal time mediated parent-staff interactions on distress and bonding; and (2) parental written accounts of experiences with staff.
Results: Multiple mediation analyses revealed that parent-staff interactions exhibited an: (1) indirect effect on parental depression (b = -0.05, SE = 0.02, CI [-0.10, -0.01]), anxiety (b = -0.08, SE = 0.04, CI [-0.16, -0.02]), and parent-child bonding (b = -0.26, SE = 0.08, CI [-0.43, -0.11]) through parental self-efficacy; and (2) indirect effect on parental post-traumatic stress (b = -0.08, SE = 0.04, CI [-0.17, -0.00], completely standardized indirect effect = -0.06) through parental personal time. Thematic analyses revealed that emotional and instructional support from staff helped build parental self-efficacy. Trust with staff helped parents feel comfortable leaving the bedside and engage in basic needs (eg, eat, sleep).
Conclusions: Family-staff dynamics are the foundation for high quality family-centered care. Staff who empower parents to participate in care, engage in parenting tasks, and take care of themselves may reduce their distress and improve relationships among staff, parents, and babies.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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