Enhancing Maternal-Infant Attachment in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit During the Pandemic Prevention Period

• Published in: Hu li za zhi Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 73 - 82
• Main Authors: Wang, Ling-Ying, Wu, Tai-Jing, Lu, Tsai-Lin, Lin, Kai-Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China (Republic : 1949- ) Taiwan Nurses Association 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Attachment; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Intensive care; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Mothers; Neonatal care; Newborn babies; Pandemics; Premature babies; Premature birth; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic prevention; maternal attachment; family-centered care; neonatal intensive care unit

Parent-infant attachment is affected by parent-infant interaction. The limitations on related visitations during the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the opportunity to engage in kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact) activities. These changes impacted parent-infant attachment in the neonatal intensive car...