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Table 1 Critical Appraisal

From: Exploring cultural determinants to be integrated into preterm infant care in the neonatal intensive care unit: an integrative literature review

Included studies

Critical appraisal tool

Quality rating

Evidence level

Abdallah B, Whitford H, Bradbury-Jones C, Jones M. Perceptions and attitudes of parents and healthcare professionals about the option of using infant massage in neonatal intensive care units. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2020;30 (4):499–507.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Abdel Razeq NM, Al-Gamal E. Informing mothers of neonatal death and the need for family-centered bereavement care: a phenomenological qualitative study. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing. 2021;26 (2):1–12

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Adama EA, Sundin D, Bayes S. Sociocultural practices affecting the care of preterm infants in the Ghanaian community. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 2021;32 (5):458–465.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Brooks JL, Holdtich-Davis D, Docherty SL, Theodorou CS. Birthing and parenting a premature infant in a cultural context. Qual Health Res. 2016;26 (3):387–398.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Candelaria LM, Bressler T, Spatz DL. Breastfeeding guidance for Orthodox Jewish families when newborns require special care and continued hospitalization. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing. 2019;44 (2):80–85.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

IV

Cartagena D, McGrath JM, Reyna B, Parker LA, McInnis J, Gephart S, Newnam K. Strategies to improve mother’s own milk expression in Black and Hispanic mothers of premature infants. Advances in Neonatal Care. 2021;10

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

V

Cleveland LM, Horner SD. Taking care of my baby: Mexican American mothers in the neonatal intensive care unit. Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs. 2012;35 (4):163–175.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

II

Gill, V.R.; Liley, H.G.; Erdei, C.; Sen, S.; Davidge, R.; Wright, A.L.; Bora, S. Improving the uptake of kangaroo mother care in neonatal units: a narrative review and conceptual framework. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 2021, 110 (5), 1407–1416.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

V

Heidari H, Hasanpour M, Fooladi M. The Iranian parents of premature infants in NICU experience stigma of shame. Medicinski Arhiv. 2012;66 (1):35–40.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Johnson Rolfes J, Christensen K, Gershan LA. Acceptance of traditional Chinese medicine in the neonatal intensive care unit: a launching point. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 2020;9:2164956120924644

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

Good

II

Kim J. A concept analysis on the use of Yakson in the NICU. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2016;45 (6):836–841

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

V

Mann D. Design, implementation, and early outcome indicators of a new family-integrated neonatal unit. Nurs Women’s Health. 2016;20 (2):158–166.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

Low

III

Mukunya D, Haaland MES, Tumwine JK, Ndeezi G, Namugga O, Tumuhamye J, et al. “We shall count it as a part of kyogero:” acceptability and considerations for scale up of single dose chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care in Central Uganda. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 2018;18 (1):476–476.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Ngozi FO, Gbiri CAO, Olawale OA. Child handling cultural practices for neuromotor development in infants in a cohort of African population: a prospective analytical study. Journal of Neonatology and Clinical Pediatrics. 2020;10.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

Good

II

Nitin JB, Unnikrishnan VA, Naik NS, Mahantshetti MD, Mallapur SM, Kotian MN. Infant rearing practices in South India: a longitudinal study. J Family Med Prim Care. 2013;2 (1):37–43.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Peng NH, Liu HL, Chen CH, Bachman J. Cultural practices and end-of-life decision making in the neonatal intensive care unit in Taiwan. J Transcult Nurs. 2012;23 (3):320–326.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

Sarapat P, Fongkaew W, Jintrawet U, Mesukko J, Ray L. Perceptions and practices of parents in caring for their hospitalized preterm infants. Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research. 2017;21 (3):220–233.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

Good

III

Thorley V. Milk siblingship, religious and secular: history, applications, and implications for practice. Women Birth. 2014;27 (4):e16–19.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

Good

V

Upadhyay RP, Singh B, Rai SK, Anand K. Role of cultural beliefs in influencing selected newborn care practices in rural Haryana. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2012;58 (5):406–408.

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

Good

III

Wiebe A, Young B. Parent perspectives from a neonatal intensive care unit: a missing piece of the culturally congruent care puzzle. J Transcult Nurs. 2011;22 (1):77–82

John Hopkins Evidence-based Practice

High

III

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