The Effect of an Educational Intervention Based on Gratitude on the Stress and Mental Health of Mothers of Preterm Infants Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
| Autor: | Seyede Amene Mirforughi Qahfarakhi, Haydeh Heidari, Roya Choopani, Fereshteh Aein |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Health, Spirituality and Medical Ethics, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 197-206 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2322-4304 2383-3610 |
| Popis: | Background and Objectives: One of the non-pharmacological interventions is gratitude, which has received less attention in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of an educational intervention based on gratitude on the stress and mental health of mothers with preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU. Methods: A quasi-experimental controlled study was conducted on 50 mothers with infants hospitalized in the NICU of Shahrekord City, Iran, who were divided into two intervention and control groups. The intervention group was trained by the researcher in three two-hour sessions every week for two weeks. The results related to mothers’ general health and stress were analyzed by the parental stress questionnaire and Goldberg and Hiller’s general health questionnaire (GHQ-28) before and after the intervention by the paired t-test. Results: The mean stress score of mothers in the intervention group significantly reduced (P0.05) (before training: 35.72 and after training: 34.08). In the intervention group, the mean score of mental health improved significantly two weeks after the gratitude-based training program (P |
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