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Mause, Laura ORCID: 0000-0002-7124-7882, Reimer, Alinda, Hoffmann, Jan, Dresbach, Till, Horenkamp-Sonntag, Dirk, Klein, Melanie and Scholten, Nadine (2022). Parental preference for webcams in neonatal intensive care units: an indicator of lacking trust? BMC Pediatr., 22 (1). LONDON: BMC. ISSN 1471-2431

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Abstract

Background Some neonatal intensive care units offer parents webcam systems for times when they cannot be in the ward. Leaving an infant in the ward can be challenging for parents, and trust in the neonatal healthcare professionals mitigates parents' worries of not knowing how their infant is doing while they are away. If parents lack trust in the neonatal healthcare professionals, they may attempt to compensate by using webcams. In this work, we examine whether an association exists between the parental preference to use a webcam and low trust in physicians and nursing staff. Methods In a nationwide, retrospective cross-sectional study, parents of infants with a birth weight below 1500 g were surveyed six to 18 months after their infant's birth. Parents who were not offered a webcam system in the ward were asked whether they would have opted for it. Trust was measured by the Trust in Physician and Trust in Nursing Staff scales. Results Of the parents who were not offered a webcam, 69% would have chosen to use a webcam if they had been granted the opportunity. The decision for or against a webcam was not significantly associated with either trust in physicians (OR = 0.654, 95% CI = 0.456, 0.937, p = .124) or trust in nursing staff (OR = 1.064, 95% CI = 0.783, 1.446, p = .932). Conclusions While the majority of parents surveyed would opt for webcam usage, this preference should not be interpreted as an indicator of lacking trust in neonatal healthcare professionals.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Mause, Laura UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7124-7882 UNSPECIFIED Reimer, Alinda UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hoffmann, Jan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dresbach, Till UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Horenkamp-Sonntag, Dirk UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klein, Melanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Scholten, Nadine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-676568
DOI:	10.1186/s12887-022-03456-2
Journal or Publication Title:	BMC Pediatr.
Volume:	22
Number:	1
Date:	2022
Publisher:	BMC
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1471-2431
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INFANTS; STRESS; CLOSENESS; MOTHERS Multiple languages Pediatrics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/67656