Effect of parental involvement on neonatal growth, neurodevelopmental outcome, parental bonding in neonatal care: a systematic review protocol
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Parental involvement in neonatal care significantly improves infant health outcomes, including growth and neurodevelopment. This review synthesizes evidence on best practices for family-centered neonatal care.
Area Of Science
- Neonatal Health
- Family-Centered Care
- Parental Involvement
Background
- Active parental involvement is crucial for neonatal health, encompassing infant growth, weight gain, neurodevelopment, and parent-infant bonding.
- Family-centered care models prioritize parental participation, linked to better infant physiological stability, reduced parental stress, and stronger emotional bonds.
- Existing evidence on the benefits of parental involvement in neonatal care requires synthesis to identify best practices and research gaps.
Purpose Of The Study
- To systematically review and synthesize evidence on the benefits of parental involvement in neonatal care.
- To identify and highlight best practices in family-centered neonatal care.
- To pinpoint gaps in current research for future investigation.
Main Methods
- A comprehensive search strategy across PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science, plus manual searches.
- Inclusion of randomized controlled trials published between 2000 and January 2025, focusing on neonatal growth, weight gain, neurodevelopment, and parent-infant bonding.
- Dual independent reviewer screening, data extraction, and risk-of-bias assessment, with discrepancies resolved by a third reviewer; synthesis via qualitative and quantitative approaches, including potential meta-analysis.
Main Results
- This section is to be populated upon completion of the review.
Conclusions
- This section is to be populated upon completion of the review.
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