Table 4.

Analyses of the selected studies.

Author (Year)	Research Design	Subjects (N)	Program			Key Findings
			Duration/ Methods	Provider	Content and Theory Frame
Kim et al. (2015) [29]	Quasi- experimental	Mother (exper. 21/ control 22)	1 month/ home visits, telephone counseling	Home healthcare nurse	Preparing discharge infant care (feeding, bathing, touching, infant assessment, use of medical device)	Effect on maternal anxiety and confidence in role
Casey et al. (2017) [30]	Quasi- experimental	Families (exper. 234/ control 234)	12 months/ home visits	Nurse social worker	Infant care (safe sleep, crying, medication administration, formula preparation, G&D, injury prevention), social support (community services, follow-up schedule)	Effect on infant mortality rate, rates of immunization and visits to clinic
Poggioli et al. (2016) [31]	Retrospective cohort study	Parents (exper. 61/ control 62	12 months/ home visits, telephone counseling	Physiotherapist, nursing staff, neurologist, neonatologist	In NICU: NIDCAP After NICU: motor, relational, environmental, and transactional interventions	Effect on infant’s psychomotor, behavioral development
Vohr et al. (2017) [32]	Prospective cohort study	Mother (exper. 448/ control 356)	3 months/ home visits	Neonatal nurse practitioner, multidisciplinary team	Infant care (growth, feeding, and respiratory status) Mother’s comfort, concerns, and understanding of the care plan	Effect on rate of visits to clinic
Wangruangs-atid et al. (2012) [33]	Randomized controlled trial	Mother (exper. 40/ control 41)	1 month/ home visits, telephone counseling	Unknown	In NICU: NIDCAP After NICU: assessing G&D, environmental care Emergency care	Effect on parent’s perception and knowledge of infant Infant illness rate
					Theory frame: experience transition theory
Gund at al (2013) [34]	Randomized controlled trial	Families (exper. 12/ control 32/ compare 8)	3 months/ web app, video call	Nurse	Assessing G&D, nutrition, parental coping with care in terms of communication and sharing	Effect on parental satisfaction, use of ICTs
Landsem et al. (2015) [35]	Randomized controlled trial	Mother–infant (exper. 65/ control 62/ compare 59)	3 months/ home visits	Nurse	Infant care (understanding of their child’s expressions, promoting sensitive, positive, practical transactions between parents and infants)	Effect on parents’ quality of life and anxiety, as well as infant physical health
Edraki et al. (2015) [36]	Randomized controlled trial	Parents (exper. 30/ control 30)	6 months/ home visits	Nurse	Infant care (breastfeeding, nutrition, bathing, supplementary drugs), parental counseling and support	Effect on infant’s development
Robinson et al. (2016) [37]	Randomized controlled trial	Mother–infant (exper. 47/ control 42)	3 weeks/ web app, video call	Neonatal nurses	Infant care (sleep, nutrition, spitting up, skin-to-skin care) Infant assessment (general health, activity)	Effect on parental satisfaction, rate of visits to clinics
Garfield et al. (2016) [18]	Randomized controlled trial	Parents (exper. 46/ control 44)	1 month/ smartphone app	Nurse	Infant care (tracking activities of daily living) Parental psychological support	Effect on parenting competence in parents
Phagdol et al. (2022) [19]	Randomized controlled trial	Mother (exper. 75/ control 65)	12 months/ smartphone app, YouTube	Healthcare provider	Use of smartphone apps Infant care (growth monitoring, nutrition, hygiene practice) Environmental management	Effect on knowledge of care in parents (smartphone application is an efficient alternative to community-based care)
Hägi-Pedersen et al. (2021) [38]	Qualitative study	Parents (mother 6/ father 5)	1 months/ video counseling	Neonatal nurses	Parental training and education	Comfortable early in-home care, increased confidence concerning caring for family and managing social networks
Haemmerli et al. (2022) [39]	Qualitative study	Parents (mother 20/ father 19)	6 months/ home visiting, call counseling	Advanced practice nurse	Infant care (nutrition, physiotherapy), social support, counseling, partnership	Parent’s needs: importance of continuity of care, professional collaboration
					Theory frame: FCC
Breivold et al. (2019) [40]	Qualitative study	Mother (10)	-	-		Mother needs in home: creating a safe home environment, professional support for family, economic support from the country

FCC family centred care.