Reducing parental trauma and stress in neonatal intensive care: systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital interventions.

Objective: To classify NICU interventions for parental distress and quantify their effectiveness.

Study Design: We systematically reviewed controlled studies published before 2017 measuring NICU parental distress, defined broad intervention categories, and used random-effects meta-analysis to quantify treatment effectiveness.

Results: Among 1643 unique records, 58 eligible trials predominantly studied mothers of preterm infants.