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What Effect Does a Father-friendly NICU Have on Children, Parents, and Staff?
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating The father-friendly NICU for Stress and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 500 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
An early parent-child relationship is important for a child's development, both intellectually and socially. The admission of premature or ill newborns to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) may make the establishment of the parent-child relationship challenging due to parents' anxiety and despair. Traditionally, most healthcare professionals have mainly focused on infants and mothers, even though fathers often feel stressed, powerless, and helpless, and find it difficult to establish a father-child relationship. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a father-friendly NICU on infants, parents and staff.
Study Details
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Interventions
* Fathers have skin-to-skin contact with their infants * Fathers participate in important situations * Fathers receive information and guidance directly * Both parents participate in meaningful conversations * The department organize mother and father groups * The families have the opportunity to have a close family member to support them * Older siblings have the opportunity to stay overnight. * The department offer counseling by a social worker