Publications by authors named "Rakel Bjorg Jonsdottir"

Aim: To explore the need for support from family and friends among parents of preterm infants within neonatal intensive care.

Design: A cross-national qualitative study.

Methods: In autumn 2019, 73 parents of preterm infants hospitalised in neonatal intensive care units in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden were interviewed.

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Aim: The present study uses an Icelandic translation of the original version of the Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) in order to assess its accuracy and sensitivity to the measure of pain in hospitalized neonates in Iceland. The PIPP is a composite tool developed to assess acute pain in preterm and term neonates.

Methods: A crossover design, with a sample of 24 neonates, was used on three, routinely occurring events in the neonatal intensive care unit, where neonates were their own controls.

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