Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Parent Education in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Melissa B Gehl, Caroline C Alter, Nikki Rider and 2 others
PMID 31246617WHAT IT FOUND
Parents at bedside sessions reported more learning, confidence and satisfaction than parents at group sessions; 77% reported learning a lot and 85% reported increased confidence.
Key findings
01Across 3648 attendees, 77% reported learning a lot and 85% reported increased confidence after sessions.
02Parents at bedside sessions reported more learning, confidence and satisfaction than parents at group sessions.
03Sessions fully implemented as recommended had better parent-reported learning, knowledge change, confidence and satisfaction than sessions not adhering.
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What it does not show
This was a quality improvement evaluation, so the reported outcomes are parent responses, not tested treatment effects. Parents completed anonymous forms immediately after sessions, so reported learning, knowledge change and confidence may reflect short-term impressions or expected program outcomes. Attendee forms were collected only between July 2014 and December 2015, so the linked analysis did not cover the full evaluation period. Nonresponse could not be fully examined, and the 30% of attendees who did not respond may differ from those who did. The paper says more study is required to understand links to infant outcomes, so it does not show whether education changed infant outcomes.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that bedside parent education improves infant outcomes or proves a treatment effect. The study reports parent responses after sessions and says more study is required to understand links to infant outcomes.