Maternal Stress and Mental Health Prior to Their Technology-Dependent Infant's Discharge Home From the NICU
| Autor: | Valerie Boebel Toly, Carol M. Musil, Abdus Sattar, Julia E. Blanchette, Wei Liu, Amy Bieda, Sarah Em |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Neonatal intensive care unit Adolescent Psychological intervention Mothers Critical Care Nursing Risk Assessment Pediatrics Depression Postpartum Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Intensive Care Units Neonatal 030225 pediatrics Maternity and Midwifery medicine Humans Young adult Depression (differential diagnoses) 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Stressor Infant Newborn Self-Help Devices medicine.disease Mental health Disabled Children Patient Discharge United States Mental Health Female Patient Safety business Risk assessment Infant Premature Stress Psychological Follow-Up Studies Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing. 33:149-159 |
| ISSN: | 0893-2190 |
| Popis: | Mothers of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) face stressors including turbulent emotions from their pregnancy/unexpected preterm delivery and their infant's unpredictable health status. The study purpose was to examine the psychological state of mothers prior to the discharge of their technology-dependent infants (eg, feeding tubes, supplemental oxygen) from the NICU to home. The study sample consisted of mothers (N = 19) of infants dependent on medical technology being discharged from a large Midwest NICU. A descriptive, correlational design using convenience sampling was employed to recruit mothers to examine associations of infant and maternal factors, resourcefulness, and stress with psychological state (depressive symptoms, posttraumatic stress symptoms). Forty-two percent of mothers were at high risk for clinical depression, with 37% in the clinical range for posttraumatic stress disorder. Increased maternal depressive symptoms were significantly associated with the increased frequency and perceived difficulty of their stress and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Increased posttraumatic stress symptoms were significantly associated solely with elevated depressive symptoms. This study identified factors associated with the mothers' increased psychological distress, providing beginning evidence for future interventions to employ prior to their technology-dependent infant's NICU discharge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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