The Leiden developmental care project

Title

The Leiden developmental care project: effects of developmental care on behavior and quality of life of very preterm infants and parental and staff experiences

 Author

TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
van der Pal, S.M.

Publication year

2007

 Abstract

This thesis explores the effects of a basic form of developmental care (the use of incubator covers and nests) and the more extended Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) on health related quality of life and behavior of very preterm infants. The effects on parents' stress and their experiences with developmental care are also explored. This thesis furthermore evaluates the attitudes and experiences of the personnel at a Dutch neonatal intensive care unit with the NIDCAP program.

 Subject

Newborn
Incubator covers
Nests
Pops
Child behavior
Developmental care
Health-related quality of life
NIDCAP
Parental stress
Very preterm infants

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 TNO identifier

514127

 Publisher

University Press, Leiden

 ISBN

9789087280192

 Document type

doctoral thesis
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