The effect of telenursing on the rate of newborn readmission

Tele Homecare in Premature Infants’ Post-Discharge Early Follow-Up: A Narrative Review

“…The important components and findings of the final included articles are presented in Table 1. Results of the study showed that included studies had a focus on different participants, including Parents, [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] infants, 26 and nurses. 15,16 Several countries were engaged in the studies, including Nordic countries including Sweden, 10,[13][14][15]23 Denmark, 12,13,26 Iran, [17][18][19][20][21][22] China, 23 and the USA.…”

“…Results of the study showed that included studies had a focus on different participants, including Parents, [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] infants, 26 and nurses. 15,16 Several countries were engaged in the studies, including Nordic countries including Sweden, 10,[13][14][15]23 Denmark, 12,13,26 Iran, [17][18][19][20][21][22] China, 23 and the USA. 25 The majority of studies had a quantitative approach, including interventional, 11,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and the rest were qualitative, [12][13][14]24 observational 26 prospective, 23 and retrospective cohorts.…”

“…In investigating, the standard period of post-discharge tele-homecare follow-up, different time points were found that varied from the first week of NICU discharge to 12 weeks in this study review. The ranges of 1 week, 22 3 weeks, 23 4 weeks, [17][18][19] 6 weeks, 17 and 12 weeks were mentioned. In the study, 21 the researcher considered admission time as a beginning point and suggested continuing 1 week after discharge Tele-homecare did not affect some outcomes, including exclusive breastfeeding rate, satisfaction with breastfeeding, 11,26 infants' weight gaining, 26 and the number of parents that had questions about caring for the infant.…”

“…16 In this respect, consultation, essential general infant care education, and responding to various questions of parents led to parents' confidence, reduction of stress and anxiety, and increase of coherency and attachment between parents and infant by tele-homecare interventions. 11,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]25,26 In this situation, a sense of peace and intimacy substitute worries and fears. The parents learn infant body language and enjoy caring for their child, which is the cue of information of reciprocal attachment and coherency between them and their child.…”

“…The telehomecare post-discharge early follow-up of premature infants was found to vary from the first week of NICU discharge to 12 weeks in this study review. The ranges of 1 week, 22 3 weeks, 23 4 weeks, [17][18][19] 6 weeks, 17 and 12 weeks were mentioned. It was implied that tele-homecare intervention period depended on family reflections and health care provider diagnosis for tele-homecare termination.…”