What parents want to know about caring for their preterm infant: A longitudinal descriptive study
Autor: | Stephannie L. Furtak, Caryl L. Gay, Rebecca M. Kriz, Robin Bisgaard, Scott C. Bolick, Brittany Lothe, Diana M. Cormier, Priscilla Joe, Juliet K. Sasinski, Jae H. Kim, Carol K. Lin, Yao Sun, Linda S. Franck |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Parents
medicine.medical_specialty Neonatal intensive care unit Parent knowledge education Dreyfus model of skill acquisition Family centered care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intensive Care Units Neonatal Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Parenting business.industry 030503 health policy & services Infant Care Infant Newborn Gestational age Infant General Medicine Patient Discharge Family medicine Descriptive research 0305 other medical science business Infant Premature Patient education |
Zdroj: | Patient education and counseling. 104(11) |
ISSN: | 1873-5134 |
Popis: | Objectives To describe the characteristics of parent knowledge needs and skill acquisition over the course of their infant’s neonatal intensive care unit hospitalization. Methods 148 parents/guardians of infants ≤33 week gestation enrolled during the usual care phase of a multi-site quasi-experimental study, completing weekly surveys about their learning needs for the coming week and skills learned in the past week. Results The topics of most interest or concern for parents included feeding their infant and their infant’s medical course. Knowledge needs varied by phase of hospitalization (early, middle, late) and by parent age, prior parenting experience, infant gestational age and hospital length of stay. The most common skills learned related to feeding and basic infant care. The number of skills parents reported learning each week varied by parent age, gender, and education. Conclusions Parents of preterm infants expressed specific learning needs and acquisition of skills that varied over the course of the hospitalization and by parent and infant characteristics. Practice implications The findings can be used to improve parent learning experiences so that they can become full partners in their infant’s caregiving and are better prepared to care for their infant after discharge. Study registration ClinicalTrials.gov , ID NCT03418870. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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