Information provision reduces parental anxiety

Nurs Child Young People. 2017 Feb 6;29(1):19. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.29.1.19.s21.

Abstract

Parents find the delivery of positive newborn screening results distressing, in large part due to information provision at time of screening and when the results are communicated to them ( Buchbinder and Timmermans 2012 , Salm et al 2012 , Chudleigh et al 2016 ).

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Neonatal Screening / methods*
  • Neonatal Screening / psychology*
  • Parents / psychology*
  • United Kingdom