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The impact of pandemic restrictive visiting policies on infant wellbeing in a NICU. / Giordano, Vito; Fuiko, Renate; Witting, Andrea; Unterasinger, Lukas; Steinbauer, Philipp; Bajer, Johanna; Farr, Alex; Hoehl, Stefanie; Deindl, Philipp; Olischar, Monika; Berger, Angelika; Klebermass-Schrehof, Katrin.

In: PEDIATR RES, Vol. 94, No. 3, 09.2023, p. 1098-1103.

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Giordano, V, Fuiko, R, Witting, A, Unterasinger, L, Steinbauer, P, Bajer, J, Farr, A, Hoehl, S, Deindl, P, Olischar, M, Berger, A & Klebermass-Schrehof, K 2023, 'The impact of pandemic restrictive visiting policies on infant wellbeing in a NICU', PEDIATR RES, vol. 94, no. 3, pp. 1098-1103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02562-w

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Giordano, V., Fuiko, R., Witting, A., Unterasinger, L., Steinbauer, P., Bajer, J., Farr, A., Hoehl, S., Deindl, P., Olischar, M., Berger, A., & Klebermass-Schrehof, K. (2023). The impact of pandemic restrictive visiting policies on infant wellbeing in a NICU. PEDIATR RES, 94(3), 1098-1103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02562-w

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Giordano V, Fuiko R, Witting A, Unterasinger L, Steinbauer P, Bajer J et al. The impact of pandemic restrictive visiting policies on infant wellbeing in a NICU. PEDIATR RES. 2023 Sep;94(3):1098-1103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02562-w

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title = "The impact of pandemic restrictive visiting policies on infant wellbeing in a NICU",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Given the countrywide lockdown in the first pandemic period and the respective Hospital restrictive policies, we aimed to investigate if the SARS-COV-2 pandemic was associated to a reduced parental presence in the NICU and in which form this had an impact on infant wellbeing.METHODS: Retrospective cohort study about altered NICUs parental presence (measured by number of visits and kangaroo care time) due to pandemic restrictive policies and its impact on infant wellbeing (measured through The Neonatal Pain Agitation and Sedation scale and nurses' descriptive documentation).RESULTS: Presence of both parents at the same time was significantly lower during pandemic. Contrary, maternal presence only and total kangaroo-care time were higher within the pandemic (163.36 ± 94.07 vs 122.71 ± 64.03; p = 0.000). Lower NPASS values were documented during the lookdown (1.28 ± 1.7 vs 1.78 ± 2.2; p = 0.000).CONCLUSION: Data collected through the pandemic confirm the importance of parental presence for infants' wellbeing in a NICU setting.IMPACT: Parental support is an extremely important aspect for infants hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Their presence was limited in many NICUs worldwide during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic. This study confirm the importance of parental presence for infants' wellbeing also in a pandemic situation. Our results support a family-centered newborn individualized developmental care approach in the NICU.",
author = "Vito Giordano and Renate Fuiko and Andrea Witting and Lukas Unterasinger and Philipp Steinbauer and Johanna Bajer and Alex Farr and Stefanie Hoehl and Philipp Deindl and Monika Olischar and Angelika Berger and Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof",
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T1 - The impact of pandemic restrictive visiting policies on infant wellbeing in a NICU

AU - Giordano, Vito

AU - Fuiko, Renate

AU - Witting, Andrea

AU - Unterasinger, Lukas

AU - Steinbauer, Philipp

AU - Bajer, Johanna

AU - Farr, Alex

AU - Hoehl, Stefanie

AU - Deindl, Philipp

AU - Olischar, Monika

AU - Berger, Angelika

AU - Klebermass-Schrehof, Katrin

N1 - © 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc.

PY - 2023/9

Y1 - 2023/9

N2 - BACKGROUND: Given the countrywide lockdown in the first pandemic period and the respective Hospital restrictive policies, we aimed to investigate if the SARS-COV-2 pandemic was associated to a reduced parental presence in the NICU and in which form this had an impact on infant wellbeing.METHODS: Retrospective cohort study about altered NICUs parental presence (measured by number of visits and kangaroo care time) due to pandemic restrictive policies and its impact on infant wellbeing (measured through The Neonatal Pain Agitation and Sedation scale and nurses' descriptive documentation).RESULTS: Presence of both parents at the same time was significantly lower during pandemic. Contrary, maternal presence only and total kangaroo-care time were higher within the pandemic (163.36 ± 94.07 vs 122.71 ± 64.03; p = 0.000). Lower NPASS values were documented during the lookdown (1.28 ± 1.7 vs 1.78 ± 2.2; p = 0.000).CONCLUSION: Data collected through the pandemic confirm the importance of parental presence for infants' wellbeing in a NICU setting.IMPACT: Parental support is an extremely important aspect for infants hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Their presence was limited in many NICUs worldwide during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic. This study confirm the importance of parental presence for infants' wellbeing also in a pandemic situation. Our results support a family-centered newborn individualized developmental care approach in the NICU.

AB - BACKGROUND: Given the countrywide lockdown in the first pandemic period and the respective Hospital restrictive policies, we aimed to investigate if the SARS-COV-2 pandemic was associated to a reduced parental presence in the NICU and in which form this had an impact on infant wellbeing.METHODS: Retrospective cohort study about altered NICUs parental presence (measured by number of visits and kangaroo care time) due to pandemic restrictive policies and its impact on infant wellbeing (measured through The Neonatal Pain Agitation and Sedation scale and nurses' descriptive documentation).RESULTS: Presence of both parents at the same time was significantly lower during pandemic. Contrary, maternal presence only and total kangaroo-care time were higher within the pandemic (163.36 ± 94.07 vs 122.71 ± 64.03; p = 0.000). Lower NPASS values were documented during the lookdown (1.28 ± 1.7 vs 1.78 ± 2.2; p = 0.000).CONCLUSION: Data collected through the pandemic confirm the importance of parental presence for infants' wellbeing in a NICU setting.IMPACT: Parental support is an extremely important aspect for infants hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Their presence was limited in many NICUs worldwide during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic. This study confirm the importance of parental presence for infants' wellbeing also in a pandemic situation. Our results support a family-centered newborn individualized developmental care approach in the NICU.

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EP - 1103

JO - PEDIATR RES

JF - PEDIATR RES

SN - 0031-3998

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