Three studies were identified and
critiqued. Bialoskurski et al7 working in the UK and Wigert et al8 in Scandinavia,
employed a qualitative, inductive approach
in developing an in-depth understanding
of mothers’ experiences. Bialoskurski et
al7achieved this through a combination of
unstructured interviews, field notes and
observational memos; while Wigert et al8
undertook a hermeneutic phenomenological
approach through video-taping
open interviews with 10 mothers six
months to six years after their experience
in NICU.