Effectiveness of Alberta Family Integrated Care on infant length of stay in level II neonatal intensive care units: a cluster randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Karen M. Benzies (Author), Khalid Aziz (Author), Vibhuti Shah (Author), Peter Faris (Author), Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai (Author), Jeanne Scotland (Author), Jill Larocque (Author), Kelly J. Mrklas (Author), Christopher Naugler (Author), H. Thomas Stelfox (Author), Radha Chari (Author), Amuchou Singh Soraisham (Author), Albert Richard Akierman (Author), Ernest Phillipos (Author), Harish Amin (Author), Jeffrey S. Hoch (Author), Pilar Zanoni (Author), Jana Kurilova (Author), Abhay Lodha (Author), the Alberta FICare Level II NICU Study Team (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Parents of infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are often unintentionally marginalized in pursuit of optimal clinical care. Family Integrated Care (FICare) was developed to support families as part of their infants' care team in level III NICUs. We adapted the mo...