Attachment- and Relationship-Based Interventions during NICU Hospitalization for Families with Preterm/Low-Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review of RCT Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Core Questions
2.2. Search Strategy and Study Selection
2.3. Quality Assessment of the Selected Studies
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Description of Studies
3.1.1. Search Results
3.1.2. Study Characteristics
3.1.3. Intervention Participants
3.1.4. Quality Assessment of the Evidence
3.1.5. Intervention Components
3.2. Synthesis of Results
3.2.1. Effects of Interventions on Attachment/Bonding
3.2.2. Effects of Interventions on Mother–Infant Interactions
3.2.3. Effects of Interventions on Anxiety
3.2.4. Effects of Interventions on Parental Environmental Stress
3.2.5. Effects of Interventions on Maternal Traumatic Stress
3.2.6. Effects of Interventions on Maternal Depression
3.2.7. Effects of Interventions on Infants’ Weight Growth
3.2.8. Effects of Interventions on Infants’ Development
3.3. Publication Bias
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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First Author (Year) | Risk of Bias | Country of Study | No. of Centers (n) | Infants Enrolled (n) | Group Allocation | Mean Gestational Age (Weeks) | Mean Birth Weight (Grams) | Follow Up | |||
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I a/I b | C/R c | I a/I b | C/R c | I a/I b | C/R c | ||||||
Melnyk et al. (2001) [19] | Low | United States | 1 | 42 | 20 | 22 | 31.4 | 31.6 | 1482.7 | 1731.0 | |
Ramanathan Paul, Deorari, Taneja, and George (2001) [20] | Low | India | 1 | 24 | 14 | 14 | (median) 30.4 | (median) 30.9 | 1219.0 | 1270.9 | |
Browne and Talmi (2005) [17] | Low | United States | 1 | 84 | 28 a/31 b | 25 | 32.0 a/31.2 b | 31 | 1617.4 a/ 1509.3 b | 1518.0 | |
Lai et al. (2006) [21] | Low | Taiwan | 2 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 33.8 | 2248 | |||
Miles, Cowan, Glover, Stevenson, and Modi (2006) [22] | Low | United Kingdom | 2 | 78 | 42 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 1086 | 1133 | |
Schroeder and Pridham (2006) [23] | Some concerns | United States | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 26.8 | 27.5 | 828 | 1049 | |
Glazebrook et al. (2007) [24] | High | United Kingdom | 6 | 210 | 99 | 111 | 20 | 21 | (median) 1120 | (median) 1220 | |
Borghini et al. (2014) [25] | Low | Switzerland | 1 | 83 | 30 | 30/23 c | 30 | 30/39 c | 1343 | 1435/3281 | 12 months CA |
Wu et al. (2014) [18] | Low | Taiwan | 3 | 178 | 57 a/63 b | 58 | 30.0 a/29.9 b | 29.3 | 1179 a/1149 b | 1091 | 24 months |
Hoffenkamp et al. (2015) [26] | Low | Netherlands | 7 | 150 | 75 | 75 | 32 | 32 | 1828 | 1770 | at 1, 3, and 6 months postpartum |
Mörelius, Örtenstrand, Theodorsson, and Frostell (2015) [27] | Low | Sweden | 2 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 2468 | 2512 | at 1 and 4 months CA |
Samra et al. (2015) [28] | Low | United States | 1 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 35 | 35.5 | 2493 | 2693.8 | at discharge |
Evans, Boyd, Colditz, Sanders, and Whittingham (2017) [29] | Low | Australia | 2 | 145 | 75 | 70 | 28.51 | 28.55 | 1159.3 | 1107.8 | at 12 months CA |
Heo and Oh (2019) [30] | Some concerns | South Korea | 1 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 28.42 | 29.75 | 1139.6 | 1228.1 | |
Twohig et al. (2021) [31] | Some concerns | Ireland | 1 | 80 | 42 | 38 | 28.4 | 28.3 | 1179 | 1176 | at 6,9, and 12 months CA |
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Kim, S.-Y.; Kim, A.R. Attachment- and Relationship-Based Interventions during NICU Hospitalization for Families with Preterm/Low-Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review of RCT Data. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031126
Kim S-Y, Kim AR. Attachment- and Relationship-Based Interventions during NICU Hospitalization for Families with Preterm/Low-Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review of RCT Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(3):1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031126
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Soo-Yeon, and Ah Rim Kim. 2022. "Attachment- and Relationship-Based Interventions during NICU Hospitalization for Families with Preterm/Low-Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review of RCT Data" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3: 1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031126