Preterm Parents' Stress and Coping Strategies in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a University Hospital of Central Greece.
DSES
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
PSS-NICU
preterm neonates
spirituality
Journal
Materia socio-medica
ISSN: 1512-7680
Titre abrégé: Mater Sociomed
Pays: Bosnia and Herzegovina
ID NLM: 101281595
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
08
11
2021
accepted:
22
12
2021
entrez:
25
2
2022
pubmed:
26
2
2022
medline:
26
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The early birth of a newborn and the hospital care in the intensive care causes stress to parents. The main objective of this study was to investigate preterm parents' level of stress and which coping strategies do they use in a Neonatal Intensive care Unit in a University Hospital of Central Greece. This cross-sectional study used a group of 82 preterm parents in the Neonatal Intensive care unit in a University Hospital of Central Greece. They were asked to answer a questionnaire with the Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS: NICU), Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (BRIEF/COPE), Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES). The McNemar test was used to compare fathers 'and mothers' views on psychological support. The paired t-test or the Wilcoxon-signed rank test was used to compare scores between fathers and mothers. The levels of importance are bilateral and the statistical importance was defined as 0.5. For the analysis SPSS 22.0 was used. The most common cause of admission to NICU was low birth weight. The severity of the preterm's condition was found to be independently correlated with PSS-NICU score due to "sights and sounds" and due to "Infant Appearance and behaviour" in the NICU. The severity of the child's condition and the parents' DSES score were found to be independently correlated to the stress score due to their "parent-infant relationship". Mothers 'and fathers' scores on the dimensions of the Brief-COPE Questionnaire were similar, suggesting a similar way of managing stress. Substance use, religion, humor were found to correlate with total score of PSS-NICU. More specifically PSS-NICU correlated negatively with substance use (r=-0.30 p=0.009) and humor (r=-0.28 p=0.016) while it correlated positively with religion (r=0.29 p=0.011). Mothers and fathers of preterm need support. Spirituality and religion, helps then face the challenges of having their baby hospitalized in a NICU.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The early birth of a newborn and the hospital care in the intensive care causes stress to parents.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
The main objective of this study was to investigate preterm parents' level of stress and which coping strategies do they use in a Neonatal Intensive care Unit in a University Hospital of Central Greece.
METHODS
METHODS
This cross-sectional study used a group of 82 preterm parents in the Neonatal Intensive care unit in a University Hospital of Central Greece. They were asked to answer a questionnaire with the Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS: NICU), Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (BRIEF/COPE), Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES). The McNemar test was used to compare fathers 'and mothers' views on psychological support. The paired t-test or the Wilcoxon-signed rank test was used to compare scores between fathers and mothers. The levels of importance are bilateral and the statistical importance was defined as 0.5. For the analysis SPSS 22.0 was used.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The most common cause of admission to NICU was low birth weight. The severity of the preterm's condition was found to be independently correlated with PSS-NICU score due to "sights and sounds" and due to "Infant Appearance and behaviour" in the NICU. The severity of the child's condition and the parents' DSES score were found to be independently correlated to the stress score due to their "parent-infant relationship". Mothers 'and fathers' scores on the dimensions of the Brief-COPE Questionnaire were similar, suggesting a similar way of managing stress. Substance use, religion, humor were found to correlate with total score of PSS-NICU. More specifically PSS-NICU correlated negatively with substance use (r=-0.30 p=0.009) and humor (r=-0.28 p=0.016) while it correlated positively with religion (r=0.29 p=0.011).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Mothers and fathers of preterm need support. Spirituality and religion, helps then face the challenges of having their baby hospitalized in a NICU.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35210945
doi: 10.5455/msm.2021.33.244-249
pii: MSM-33-244
pmc: PMC8812370
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
244-249Informations de copyright
© 2021 Maria Malliarou, Anni Karadonta, Spyros Mitroulas, Theodosios Paralikas, Stiliani Kotrotsiou, Nikolentzos Athanasios, Pavlos Sarafis.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
none to declare.
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