Journal
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
Volume 104, Issue 7, Pages 1526-1552Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.04.023
Keywords
Neonatal care; Neonatal intensive care unit; Parent-provider communication; Patient-provider relationships; Information exchange; Decision-making; Empowerment; Parents; Neonatologists; Family-centred care; Family integrated care; Effects; Systematic review; Meta-synthesis; Meta-analysis; Narrative synthesis
Funding
- Dutch National Research council (NWO) [VI.Veni.191S.032]
- Nutricia(R), The Netherlands
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This study synthesized and analyzed the literature on the effects of parent-provider communication in the NICU on parent-related outcomes. The results revealed that parent-provider interaction had positive and negative effects on parents' coping, knowledge, participation, parenting, and satisfaction. Communication interventions appeared impactful in reducing parental stress and anxiety.
Objective: To synthesize and analyse the literature on the effects of parent-provider communication during infant hospitalization in the neonatal (intensive) care unit (NICU) on parent-related outcomes. Methods: Systematic review with meta-synthesis and narrative synthesis. Databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus) were searched in October/November 2019. Studies reporting, observing, or measuring parent-related effects of parent-provider communication in the NICU were included. Study quality was assessed using the Quality Assessment Tool for Studies with Diverse Designs. Qualitative studies were meta-synthesized using deductive and inductive thematic analysis. Quantitative studies were analysed using narrative synthesis. Results: 5586 records were identified; 77 were included, reporting on N = 6960 parents, N = 693 providers, and N = 300 NICUs. Analyses revealed five main (positive and negative) effects of parent-provider interaction on parents' (1) coping, (2) knowledge, (3) participation, (4) parenting, and (5) satisfaction. Communication interventions appeared impactful, particularly in reducing parental stress and anxiety. Findings confirm and refine the NICU Communication Framework. Conclusions: Parent-provider communication is a crucial determinant for parental well-being and satisfaction with care, during and following infant hospitalization in the NICU. R. Practice Implications: Providers should particularly consider the impact on parents of their day-to-day interaction - the most occurring form of communication of all. (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. CC_BY_4.0
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