title: [Single-family rooms for neonatal intensive care units impacts on preterm newborns, families, and health-care staff. A systematic literature review].
abstract: The quality of the environment is an essential point in the care of preterm newborns. The design of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) (open-bay, single-patient room, single-family room) directly affects both the preterm newborns and their caregivers (parents, healthcare staff). The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the impact of single-family rooms on the preterm newborn, its parents, and the staff. Single-family rooms improve outcome for the preterm newborn, with increasing parental involvement and better control of the environment (fewer inappropriate stimulations such as high levels of noise and illumination). This kind of NICU design also improves parental and staff satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation et pédiatrie néonatales, hôpital Victor-Dupouy, 69, rue du Lieutenant-Colonel-Prudhon, 95100 Argenteuil, France. Electronic address: anneclaire.servel@ch-argenteuil.fr.
authors.forename: A-C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Servel
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation et pédiatrie néonatales, hôpital Robert-Debré, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rideau Batista Novais
mesh_terms: D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010290:Parents; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011368:Professional-Family Relations