Increased parental satisfaction by unrestricted visiting hours and developmentally supportive care in NICUs – results of a German multicenter study

Analysis of research on developmentally supportive care for prematurity in neonatal intensive care unit: a scoping review

“…Child Health Nurs Res, Vol.28, No.1, January 2022: 9-22 each recorded chart, regular research meetings were held and a matrix was completed by exchanging opinions on each record (Table 1) [1,[3][4][5][6][7][8][15][16][17][18][19][20][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33].…”

“…The collected studies [1,[3][4][5][6][7][8][15][16][17][18][19][20][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] included one study before 2010, three from 2011 to 2015, and 18 from 2016 to 2020. The studies were conducted in nursing (68.2%) and medicine (31.8%).…”

“…Previous studies have analyzed concepts related to developmental support, developed guidelines for developmentally supportive care [1,[5][6][7], or covered the systematically established developmentally supportive care programs such as NIDCAP and Wee Care [10,11,14]. Although some studies did not deal with integrative development, they did report on specific interventions based on developmentally supportive care [8,15,16]. Although 40 years have passed since developmentally supportive care was first introduced in the 1980s, it remains an unfamiliar and new concept in many NICUs [17][18][19].…”

“…These developmentally supportive care programs have a positive effect on neurodevelopment and physical growth in premature infants [ 7 , 12 , 13 ], as well as reducing complication rates and shortening hospital stays [ 12 , 14 ]. Furthermore, developmentally supportive care in the NICU promotes parent-child attachment and reduces parental stress levels [ 15 ].…”

Empfehlungen für die strukturellen Voraussetzungen der perinatologischen Versorgung in Deutschland (Entwicklungsstufe S2k, AWMF-Leitlinien-Register Nr. 087–001, März 2021)

“…Spezifisch für Neugeborenen-Intensivstationen und teilweise auch für VLBW-Frühgeborene aus Deutschland ist in multivariaten Analysen gezeigt worden, dass elterliche Unterstützung, Teamstabilität, ein gemeinsames Sicherheitsverständnis und eine gemeinsame Aufgabenverteilung prognoserelevant sind [31][32][33][34] -all das ist personalintensiv.…”