Parent Perception of Child Safety following Admission to a Neonatal Unit
| Autor: | Ester Sanz-López, Manuel Sánchez-Luna, Leticia Lambea-Rueda, María Arriaga-Redondo, Itziar Marsinyach-Ros, Alicia Díaz-Redondo, Ana Rodríguez Sánchez de la Blanca |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Neonatal intensive care unit business.industry media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit (housing) 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety 0302 clinical medicine Incident management 030225 pediatrics Family medicine Perception Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Health care medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Parental perception business media_common |
| Zdroj: | American journal of perinatology. |
| ISSN: | 1098-8785 |
| Popis: | Parent partnership is a key aspect of neonatal hospital care. However, there is a lack of information regarding parents' perception of neonatal safety. This study explores parents' opinions on safety during their child's hospitalization to identify points for improvement. We used a questionnaire, validated by the Spanish National Healthcare Authorities, on perception of safety with respect to hospital health care. Thirty-seven parents of 20 newborns treated in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and 139 parents of newborns in intermediate care (IC) participated in this study. With regard to overall perception of safety, more than 96% of parents felt "very safe" or "fairly safe." In the NICU, an area for improvement detected was to ask parents more often their opinion about the care or treatment provided to their child. In IC, three points for improvement were identified from the group of parents whose child was admitted directly to IC: the consistency of the information received, the request for consent for procedures, and the request for an opinion on their child's care and treatment. Only four parents reported that their child suffered an incident. Regarding incident management, parents were not completely satisfied with the information they received. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of parent perception of patient safety in a neonatal unit using a validated questionnaire. Our findings suggest that parents can provide valuable information on neonatal safety, which can then be used to identify areas for improvement.· There is a lack of information regarding parents' perception of neonatal safety.. · This study explores parent's opinion about safety of their child during the hospitalization.. · Our findings suggest that parents can provide valuable information to identify improvement areas.. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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