Caregivers of premature infants infected with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, experience high levels of stress. Research published in Clinical Pediatrics showed that this stress still affected many caregivers 1 month after their child was discharged.

In a secondary analysis of the SENTINEL1 study, which included data from 43 U.S. hospitals, researchers assessed the impact of RSV-confirmed hospitalizations on caregivers of high-risk preterm infants.