Parental and staff experiences of restricted parental presence on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during COVID‐19

Abstract

On the 23rd March 2020, the United Kingdom was put into lockdown following an increase in infection and death rates caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Hospitals in the UK had to make the difficult decision to significantly reduce the risk of spreading the disease. Therefore, parental and extended family access was reduced on some Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) across the UK. The NICU at the Rosie, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, is a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit and accepts high-risk pregnancies and babies from the East of England Operational Delivery Network (ODN), likely to require neonatal intensive care. The NICU

Parental perceptions on the impact of visiting restrictions during COVID‐19 in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit

“… 2 , 3 , 11 , 16 , 17 Further efforts to maintain the principles of family‐integrated care principles based on the core tenet that parents are central to care their baby supported by evidence regarding the benefits of mothers' own milk, kangaroo care, early parental bonding as well as education and preparation for discharge as factors that affect both short‐ and long‐term neonatal neurodevelopmental outcomes. 7 , 8 , 13 , 15 , 17 …”

Experience of parents of preterm infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during the Covid-19 pandemic

“…Os pais vivenciaram momentos de estresse (Mengesha et al, 2022, Erdei et al, 2022, Meesters et al, 2021, problemas emocionais (Holly et al, 2021, Garfield et al, 2021, Bembich et al, 2020, Vance et al, 2021, Mengesha et al, 2022, Adama et al, 2022, Polloni et al, 2021, impactos na amamentação (Garfield et al, 2021, Muniraman et al, 2020 limitação do apoio social após a alta (Galeano et al, 2021), dificuldade de interação com profissionais de saúde (Mengesha et al, 2022), dificuldades de cuidados com o bebê (Adama et al, 2022, Muniraman et al, 2020, Reichert et al, 2022, Polloni et al, 2021, dificuldade em ter contato físico com o bebê (Polloni et al, 2021, Adama et al, 2022 e a interrupção temporária da segunda etapa do Método Canguru (MC) (Reichert 2022). Todos esses preditores prejudicaram o CCF, mas que devem proporcionar uma reflexão acerca da interação e intervenção da família na prática clínica, pois a partir dessas reflexões e princípios, pode-se estabelecer a competência parenteral, bem como, contribuir para que pais e profissionais trabalhem em parceria na unidade neonatal (Corrêa et al, 2015).…”

Sociodemographic factors affecting depression-anxiety-stress levels and coping strategies of parents with babies treated in neonatal intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…The questionnaire consisted of items on parents' age, a previous history of miscarriage, a history of stillbirth, the infant weight, single or multiple births, type of delivery, and the diagnosis of the baby. The questionnaire also included items on the year of marriage, marriage type, and other child's intensive care history ( Lemmon et al, 2020 ; Busse et al, 2013 ; Garfield et al, 2021 ).…”

“…The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the situation because hospitals had to introduce a “no visitors” policy to avoid unnecessary risks to patients and staff. Parents of NICU babies not only suffer from psychosocial problems but also have to deal with the fact that they cannot interact with their babies and bond with them due to the preventive measures taken in connection with COVID-19 ( Darcy Mahoney et al, 2020 ; Garfield, Westgate, Chaudhary, King, O'Curry and Archibald., 2021 ; Montes et al, 2020 ; Muniraman et al, 2020 ; Virani2020 ). Most countries, including Turkey, have introduced numerous preventive measures in NICUs to stop the spread of COVID-19.…”