title: A preterm lifeline: Early discharge programme based on family-centred care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present an Early Discharge Programme model for preterm infants based on family-centred care, and to describe its impact on the infants and families.
  
  
  METHODS
  Methods included longitudinal growth assessments of 218 premature infants and a qualitative synthesis of two focus group interviews with 15 parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main finding was the experience of "parents in control with lifeline to neonatal intensive care unit" based on five syntheses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An early discharge programme based on family-centred care has been implemented and integrated into our neonatal intensive care unit that could be implemented by other hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brødsgaard
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
authors.forename: Renathe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D018570:Risk Assessment; D000069341:Transitional Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Early discharge programme; family-centred care; partnership; premature infant; transition to home