To explore the influence of multi-angle factors, including family integrated care, on extrauterine growth restriction at discharge of very low birth weight infants.
To explore the influence of multi-angle factors, including family integrated care, on extrauterine growth restriction at discharge of very low birth weight infants.Very low birth weight infants admitted to 17 neonatal intensive care units in 8 provinces and cities in southeast China from February 2021 to November 2023 were retrospectively included, which were divided into case group and control group according to whether there was extrauterine growth restriction (defined as the weight below the 10th percentile of children of the same age at discharge). The general situation at birth, the length of hospital stay, the incidence of complications during hospital stay, the feeding situation, the length of family participation care and the perinatal situation of the mother were compared between the two groups. The generalized linear mixed model was used to analyze the influencing factors of extrauterine growth retardation at discharge, and the results of influencing factors were visualized by GraphPad Prism 9.0 software.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,255
Trained NICU nurses give effective education to parents of children, and regard parents as a part of NICU team, so that they can actively provide positive care for babies instead of passive caregivers. Parents mainly participate in nursing care such as bottle feeding, changing diapers, skin contact and so on.
Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
total duration of family integrated care
Trained NICU staffs effectively educate parents as part of the NICU team so that they can proactively provide active care for the baby, rather than passive caregivers. Parents are primarily involved in care such as bottle feeding, diaper changing, skin-to-skin contact and so on.We calculate total duration of family integrated care in hours.
Time frame: From the day admitted into the NICU until day on discharge，an average of 2 months.
Birth weight
birth weight in grams
Time frame: assessed at birth.
Small for gestational age
birth weight\<10th percentile of the neonatal growth curve for infants of the same sex and gestational age
Time frame: assessed at birth.
Necrotizing enterocolitis
diagnosed according to the Bella classification
Time frame: From the day admitted into the NICU until day on discharge, an average of 2 months.
gestational age
gestational age at weeks
Time frame: assessed at birth.
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