Measuring developmentally appropriate practice in neonatal intensive care units.
Objective:Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) impose stressors on development. Comparative studies have focused mostly on the units' medical qualities and less on their developmental 'ecology'. The aim of the study was to develop a tool for measuring the various domains of a developmentally approp...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Perinatology Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 218 - 226 |
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| Formato: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Mar2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105740005&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105740005 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 07438346 DZF jtl: Journal of Perinatology issn: 07438346 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2008 vid: 28 iid: 3 pid: 2579 pub: Springer Nature place: Dordrecht, <Blank> artinfo: ui: 105740005 105740005 2009853234 10.1038/sj.jp.7211908 NLM18075510 105740005 ppf: 218 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Measuring developmentally appropriate practice in neonatal intensive care units. aug: au: Atun-Einy O Scher A affil: Department of Physiotherapy, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel. sug: subj: Infant Development Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Medical Practice Methods Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Israel Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Questionnaires Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient T-Tests Human ab: Objective:Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) impose stressors on development. Comparative studies have focused mostly on the units' medical qualities and less on their developmental 'ecology'. The aim of the study was to develop a tool for measuring the various domains of a developmentally appropriate practice in the NICU environment, and to assess its implementation in Israel.Study Design:A questionnaire, designed for NICU senior staff members, was completed by 76 respondents representing 24 NICUs in Israel. The tool that measures developmentally appropriate practice as applied in the NICU environment includes the following three domains: (a) parental and family involvement, (b) environmental control and (c) individualized care and assessment. These measures jointly produce the developmentally appropriate neonatal intensive-care practice (DANIP) index.Result:High variability was found in the application of procedures and programs considered developmentally appropriate. Units with a relatively large multidisciplinary team scored high. Overall, the NICUs in Israel did not consistently follow an integrated form of the developmental care as provided by the Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program. It was found that individualized care and assessment was significantly and positively linked to control of the environment (r=0.53, P<0.01) and to parental and family involvement (r=0.76, P<0.01); the latter two scales were not associated. Of the three DANIP domains, parental involvement was salient. Although the staff highly appreciated the importance of environmental control and individualized care, application was limited.Conclusion:The DANIP index provides a good starting point for comparative studies. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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