Family involvement in the care of hospitalized newborns: Experience Neonatal Center of Rabat
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Neonatal departments are designed to treat premature infants, low birth weight or presenting pathology during the neonatal period. Parents of babies hospitalized at birth are faced with a difficult situation or they do not feel "really" parents. The objectives of this work were to make an inventory of the spontaneous participation of the family in the care of neonatal medicine and neonatalresuscitation. Material and methods: A three-month prospective observational study including the Families of newborn babies hospitalized. The number of care provided by families was. Results: 421 neonates were collected with a median age during hospitalization of 0 days [0.1], mean weight was 2580 ± 1065g, with a median hospital stay of 5 days[3-10]. The main diagnoses were respiratory distress associated with prematurity (36.8%) and neonatal jaundice (20%). Most mothers participated (96.6%) with no difference in educational attainment with an average age of 29.66 ±7.17. Breastfeeding and participation in the diet were practiced by 76.4% of mothers. Participation in care as stimulationof transit, regular decompression of the abdomen was made by 8.1% of moms mostly by those who had their newborn hospitalized in the low birth weight unit (p = 0.001). The skin to skin was performed by 68 mothers either (20.5%) but needs to be explained and assisted by professionals. Conclusion Several elements supporting the involvement of parents in the care of their child have been clearly identified. They are essentially based on information and education of parents, training and support of healthcare teams, provision of appropriate psychological and social support.
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L. Drame
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