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A preterm lifeline: Early discharge programme based on family-centred care
Anne Brødsgaard1, Renathe Zimmermann1, Mette Petersen1
1Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Purpose:
To present an Early Discharge Programme model for preterm infants based on family-centred care, and to describe its impact on the infants and families.
Design And Methods:
Methods included longitudinal growth assessments of 218 premature infants and a qualitative synthesis of two focus group interviews with 15 parents.
Results:
The main finding was the experience of "parents in control with lifeline to neonatal intensive care unit" based on five syntheses.
Practice Implications:
An early discharge programme based on family-centred care has been implemented and integrated into our neonatal intensive care unit that could be implemented by other hospitals.
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