When all I wanted was to hold my baby-The experiences of parents of infants who received therapeutic hypothermia.
closeness
neonatal intensive care
parental involvement
parental presence
perinatal asphyxia
therapeutic hypothermia treatment
Journal
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
ISSN: 1651-2227
Titre abrégé: Acta Paediatr
Pays: Norway
ID NLM: 9205968
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2021
02 2021
Historique:
received:
03
03
2020
revised:
15
06
2020
accepted:
16
06
2020
pubmed:
22
6
2020
medline:
15
5
2021
entrez:
22
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The knowledge is limited about how parents experience the time when their infant is receiving therapeutic hypothermia (TH) after severe perinatal asphyxia. The aim of this study was to explore parents' experience of closeness and involvement in their infant's care while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with their newborn undergoing TH. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents (n = 11) whose infants (n = 8, aged 3-5 years at the time of the study) underwent TH at a level III Swedish NICU during 2013-2016. The interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis. All the parents shared the trauma of being both physically and psychologically separated from their infant. They all described a need for information and emotional support, and reported that the NICU staff had influenced the extent to which they as parents had been able to be near and actively participate in the care. Parents described the wish to be closer to their infant and to be more actively involved in their infant's care. Strategies to enable parent-infant closeness and active guidance from staff might help alleviate the emotional stress of parents and promote their participation during TH.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
480-486Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Acta Paediatrica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation Acta Paediatrica.
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