Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Parental experiences of their infant's hospital admission undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review.
- Cardiovascular
- Care and rehabilitation
- Communicating with families
- Congenital heart disease
- Medical
- Nursing
- Professional practice
- Wellbeing
Summary
A systematic review of qualitative studies exploring how parents experience their infant's hospital admission for congenital heart surgery. Eight studies yielded four themes: balancing the parental role, anticipatory grief, coping strategies to reduce stress, and the value of professional support. The authors highlight the PICU team's role in recognising and supporting parental needs during the perioperative stay, and call for more research spanning prenatal diagnosis to early childhood.
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