The Leiden developmental care project : effects of developmental care
on behavior and quality of life of very preterm infants and parental
and staff experiences
Pal, S.M. van der
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Pal, S. M. van der. (2007, April 17). The Leiden developmental care project : effects of
developmental care on behavior and quality of life of very preterm infants and parental and
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The Leiden Developmental Care Project:
Effects of developmental care on
behavior and quality of life
of very preterm infants
and parental and staff experiences
Leiden University Press is an imprint of Amsterdam University Press
The Leiden Developmental Care Project described in this thesis was financially supported by: ZONMW (grant 2100.0072) and the Doelmatigheidsfonds LUMC.
Financial support for the publication of this thesis was provided by: Jurriaanse Stichting, Nycomed B.V. and Abbott B.V.
Cover illustration: István de Koning (Lina Geibreen) Cover design: Randy Lemaire, Utrecht
Lay-out: István de Koning
isbn 978 90 8728 019 2 nur 870
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The Leiden Developmental Care Project:
Effects of developmental care on
behavior and quality of life
of very preterm infants
and parental and staff experiences.
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus,
prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op dinsdag 17 april 2007
klokke 15:00 uur
door
Sylvia Maria van der Pal
geboren te Leidschendam,
in 1980
Promotiecommissie
Promotores: Prof. Dr. F.J. Walther Prof. Dr. J.M. Wit Co-promotor: Dr. J. Bruil
Referent: Prof. Dr. S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick
Overige leden: Prof. Dr. A.A. Kaptein
Prof. Dr. I.A. Van Berckelaer-Onnes Prof. Dr. S. Maes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Parental experiences during the admission of their very preterm born infant after two Developmental Care interventions
13
Chapter 3 Health-Related Quality of Life of very preterm infants at 1 year of age after two Developmental Care based interventions
33
Chapter 4 Very preterm infant’s behavior at 1 and 2 years of age and parental stress following basic Developmental Care
49
Chapter 5 Parental stress and child behavior and
temperament in the first year after the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)
67
Chapter 6 Staff opinions regarding the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)
87
Chapter 7 General discussion 109
Summary 127
Samenvatting 133
Dankwoord 139
Curriculum Vitae 141
