Acculturation and stress in Chinese-American parents of infants cared for in the intensive care unit
| Autor: | Shih-Yu Sylvia Lee, Sandra J. Weiss, Abbey Alkon, Kathryn A. Lee, Sally H. Rankin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male Parents China Family support Intensive Care Units Pediatric Statistics Nonparametric law.invention Nursing law Medicine Humans Family values Chinese americans Analysis of Variance Asian business.industry Medical record Stressor Infant Newborn Infant Social Support General Medicine Intensive care unit Acculturation Cross-Sectional Studies Scale (social sciences) Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Regression Analysis Female San Francisco business Child Hospitalized Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. 5(6) |
| ISSN: | 1536-0903 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE To describe the stressful experiences of Chinese-American parents who have an infant in the intensive care unit (ICU), and to assess the influence of acculturation, parents' characteristics, and social supports on parental stress. DESIGN A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study. SAMPLE/SETTING A convenience sample of 30 Chinese-American families (30 mothers, 25 fathers) who had an infant hospitalized in 3 ICU sites in the San Francisco area. METHODOLOGY Measures included: (1) Infant's health data from the medical records and parents' demographic data, and (2) Parental Stressor Scale: Infant Hospitalization, Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale, and Family Support Scale. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The dependent variable was mothers' and fathers' stress levels. Independent variables included personal/family characteristics, acculturation, uncertainty regarding infants' illness, and social supports. PRINCIPAL RESULTS The ICU stressors were ranked by both mothers and fathers in the following order: infant's appearance, parental role alteration, staff communication and behaviors, and ICU environment. The combined effects of uncertainty about their infant's illness and its future impact, a strong belief in Asian family values, and lack of support from healthcare providers accounted for 26% and 55% of the variance in parental stress for mothers and fathers, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Findings from this study suggest implications for the education of both families and the ICU staffs. |
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