20.500.12556/DKUM-95801 Psychological and spiritual support for parents of a premature baby in the intensive care unit: scoping review Background: Psychological and spiritual support is crucial, especially in challenging life situations, trials, and when facing the unimaginable distress experienced by parents of premature babies in the intensive care unit. This scoping review aims to identify the psychological and spiritual support needed by parents of premature babies in intensive care units. Methods: The databases PubMed, CINAHL Ultimate and Web of Science were searched in April 2025. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines were followed. The extraction table was used to extract significant information from each source of evidence. Descriptive data analysis was used to present results. Results: The search identified 1353 hits, and 17 sources of evidence were included in the review. The results indicate that psychological and spiritual support has been implemented in clinical practice. The main category Psychological and spiritual needs of parents of preterm babies in intensive care was designed using subcategories: psychological needs of parents of preterm babies in intensive care, and spiritual needs of parents of preterm babies in intensive care. Conclusions: In the context of continuous and holistic healthcare for preterm babies in intensive care units, psychological and spiritual support represent essential and interrelated components. Spiritual support for parents is frequently underrecognized and insufficiently addressed. parents preterm infant intensive care unit psychological support spiritual care starši nedonošenčki enota za intenzivno nego psihološka podpora duhovna oskrba true true true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-10-23 13:47:40 2025-10-23 14:41:10 2025-10-24 03:23:32 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 14 št.. 19 Letn. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 2025-09-24 2025-09-26 2025-09-29 616-053.32:159.9-055.52 2227-9032 254457347 10.3390/healthcare13192478 2227-9032 Psychological_and_spiritual_support_for_parents_of_a_premature_baby_in_the_intensive_care_unit_.pdf Psychological_and_spiritual_support_for_parents_of_a_premature_baby_in_the_intensive_care_unit_.pdf 1 731415362164F569D3B676C77BF0D4D3 63850f9185d7acea9abb479c042d8c2a346914a4e478a2b0abd7c2d7d148d5b4 6a8966ac-b006-11f0-83c3-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200158 https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13/19/2478/pdf 1 60eea0da-b006-11f0-83c3-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200157 Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede 0 0 0