Table 1.
Parent, Infant, and Hospital Characteristics
| Parent Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | |
| Age (years) | 31 (5.4) |
| Number of individuals in home | 3.8 (1.3) |
| n (%) | |
| Total respondents | 169 (100) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Asian, American Indian, Hawaiian | 3 (2) |
| non-Hispanic Black | 4 (2) |
| non-Hispanic White | 105 (62) |
| non-Hispanic More than one race | 4 (2) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 13 (8) |
| Not answered | 40 (24) |
| Number of children | |
| 1 | 79 (47) |
| 2–3 | 68 (40) |
| 4 or more | 22 (13) |
| Marital status | |
| Not partnered | 9 (5) |
| Married/Living with partner | 119 (70) |
| Not answered | 41 (24) |
| Education | |
| Some high school | 4 (2) |
| High school graduate/GED | 16 (9) |
| Some college or 2-year degree | 37 (22) |
| College graduate | 40 (24) |
| Graduate/Professional degree | 32 (19) |
| Not answered | 40 (24) |
| Income | |
| < 35,000 | 27 (16) |
| 35,000 – 75,000 | 41 (24) |
| > 75,000 | 58 (34) |
| Not answered | 44 (26) |
| Insurance | |
| Private insurance | 89 (53) |
| Government health plan | 38 (22) |
| No coverage | 2 (1) |
| Not answered | 40 (24) |
| Infant Characteristics | |
| Mean (SD) | |
| Age at time of survey (weeks) | 9.7 (6.9) |
| Length of NICU stay (days) | 41 (31) |
| n (%) | |
| Total respondents | 169 (100) |
| Gestational category | |
| Extremely preterm (23–27) | 37 (22) |
| Preterm (28–33) | 74 (44) |
| Late preterm (34–36) | 25 15 |
| Term (> 37) | 35 (21) |
| Not answered | 23 (14) |
| Reason for admission | |
| Prematurity | 119 (70) |
| Congenital birth defects | 6 (4) |
| Neurological | 12 (7) |
| Other | 31 (18) |
| Not answered | 1 (1) |
| Hospital-Related Characteristics | |
| Mean (SD) | |
| Hours with infant in NICU per day | 7.7 (6.1) |
| n (%) | |
| Total respondents | 169 (100) |
| Distance to hospital | |
| Less than 30 min | 64 (38) |
| 30–60 min | 41 (24) |
| 1–2 h | 14 (8) |
| More than 2 h | 9 (5) |
| Not answered | 41 (24) |
| Frequency of visitation | |
| Daily | 115 (68) |
| Every couple days | 8 (5) |
| Weekly | 4 (2) |
| As schedule allowed | 2 (1) |
| Not answered | 40 (24) |
| Video visitation with infant | |
| No | 89 (53) |
| Yes | 40 (24) |
| Not answered | 40 (24) |
| Hospital type | |
| NICU in a children’s hospital | 47 (28) |
| Community hospital with a NICU | 49 (29) |
| NICU at an academic medical center/regional care center | 27 (16) |
| Observational/small special care nursery | 1 (1) |
| Unsure/Other | 5 (3) |
| Not answered | 40 (24) |