Building Relationships in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Improve Infant Outcomes

Boss, Renee D.

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2021.05.004

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“…It covers 20 items in 4 dimensions (behavioral ability, passive muscle tone, active muscle tone, primitive reflex, and general assessment) and uses a 3-level scoring method (0–40 points). The higher the score, the better the neurobehavioral function of premature infants [ 10 – 13 ]. The Cronbach's α coefficient of this scale was 0.825 in this study.…”

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Effects of Family Participatory Nursing on Clinical Outcomes of Premature Infants in NICU and Families’ Psychological Status

Liu

Xu²,

Li³

2022

Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging

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The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of family participatory nursing on the clinical outcomes of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and their families’ psychological status. Total of 150 premature infants were admitted to the NICU of our hospital from December 2019 to December 2021, and their families were selected by convenience sampling method and divided into control group (n = 78, from December 2019 to December 2020) and observation group (n = 72, from January 2020 to December 2021) according to the admission time. The infants in the control group were given routine nursing, while those in the observation group received family participatory nursing. In the observation group, the length of stay and duration of oxygen therapy were shorter, the weight gain speed was higher, and the incidence rate of nosocomial infection was lower than those in control groups P < 0.05 . The time of reaching full gastrointestinal feeding was earlier, the daily milk intake and exclusive breastfeeding rate were higher, and the feeding intolerance rate was lower in observation group than those in control group P < 0.05 . Observation group exhibited significantly higher body weight, Z-value of body weight, NBNA score at 7 d after hospitalization, 15-month mental development index (MDI), and psychomotor development index (PDI) scores than control group P < 0.05 . In addition, the families’ somatization, depression and anxiety factor scores, and total score of SCL-90 in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, while each dimension score and total score of MPOC-20 were higher than those in control groups P < 0.05 . Family participatory nursing is of great significance in ameliorating the clinical outcomes of premature infants in the NICU, which can shorten the length of stay, improve feeding conditions, facilitate infant growth and development, and enhance their families’ psychological status and nursing satisfaction.

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