Alberta Family Integrated CareTM and Standard Care

A Qualitative Study of Mothers’ Experiences of their Journeying to Home from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Bibliographic Data

ID15736788
AuthorsRachael Dien (0000-0001-5917-787X, University of Calgary, corresponding author), Karen M Benzies (0000-0002-9090-2395, University of Calgary), Pilar Zanoni (0000-0002-2289-125X, University of Calgary), Jana Kurilova (University of Calgary)
Year2022
Volume9
Pages23333936221097113-23333936221097113
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23333936221097113
PMID35707318
OpenAlexW4283019448
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited54

Globally, one in ten infants is born preterm. Most preterm infants require care in a level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which are highly technological critical care environments that can be overwhelming for parents. Alberta Family Integrated Care (AB-FICareTM) is an approach to care that provides strategies to integrate parents into their infant's care team. This sub-study is the first to compare mothers' experiences in the context of AB-FICareTM and standard care. Semi-structured interviews with mothers from AB-FICareTM ( n = 14) and standard care ( n = 12) NICUs were analyzed using interpretive description informed by grounded theory methods. We identified a major theme of Journeying to Home with six categories: Recovering from Birth, Adapting to the NICU, Caring for Baby, Coping with Daily Disruption, Seeing Progress, and Supporting Parenting. Mothers in the AB-FICareTM group identified an enhancement to standard care related to building reciprocal trust with healthcare providers that accelerated Journeying to Home

Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Grounded theory · Health care · Intensive care · Intensive care medicine · Neonatal intensive care unit · Qualitative research · Sociology · Family and Disability Support Research · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Pediatrics

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