Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Effectiveness and family experiences of interventions promoting partnerships between families and pediatric and neonatal intensive care units: a mixed methods systematic review.
- Allied health
- Communicating with families
- Families and professional practice
- Family-integrated care
- Medical
- Nursing
- Wellbeing
Summary
This JBI mixed methods systematic review examines the effectiveness and family experiences of interventions promoting partnership between families and multidisciplinary teams in neonatal and paediatric intensive care units. It included 42 quantitative and 6 qualitative studies published from 2000 to 2022. Meta-analyses suggested improvements in parental anxiety, stress and satisfaction with family-centred care, with no conclusive effects on attachment or depression, though heterogeneity was high. Qualitative synthesis highlighted that partnership can improve families' experience and capacity to care for their child.
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