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This is a Qualitative Study study (also classified as: Systematic Review).

December 4, 2025Nursing OpenOpen Access

Experiences and Perceptions of Hospital to Home Transitional Care for Parents of Premature Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Meta‐Synthesis

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XLXiaoqin LiuTongji University SWShaohua WangCentral University of Finance and Economics

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Qualitative meta-synthesis reveals parents' perceptions of transitional care in the NICU, highlighting unmet needs and the role of healthcare professionals.

Key Points

Parents identify significant emotional challenges during the transition from the neonatal intensive care unit to home, especially related to support systems.
The synthesis reveals unmet needs, including spiritual and emotional support, essential for coping with the transition process.
The approach involved thematic synthesis of qualitative data across multiple databases to understand parental experiences during NICU discharge.
These findings suggest a need for improved support structures from healthcare professionals to ease the transition for parents and promote neonatal health.

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Liu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6930dc92ea1aef094cca2a3a https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70387

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Qualitative meta-synthesis reveals parents' perceptions of transitional care in the NICU, highlighting unmet needs and the role of healthcare professionals.

Experiences and Perceptions of Hospital to Home Transitional Care for Parents of Premature Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Meta‐Synthesis

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Experiences and Perceptions of Hospital to Home Transitional Care for Parents of Premature Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Meta‐Synthesis

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