Assessment of Depression and Stress Symptoms among Mothers of Premature Infants Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

El-Din, Salwa Samy Shiab; Mourad, Ghada Mohamed; El-Fatah, Wafaa Osman Abd

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2020.131962

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“…The use of a validated scale (PSS) to measure parental stress is a strength. Similarly, a study conducted by Shiab El-Din et al (2020) in Egypt on 90 mothers using the validated Parental Stress Scale ( Berry, 1995 ) at one hospital so the findings may not be generalizable to the larger population and revealed that two-fifths of mothers were at risk of experiencing high levels of stress due to their infant's admission to the NICU.…”

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The Stress Levels of Premature Infants’ Parents and Related Factors in NICU

Hendy,

El-sayed,

Bakry

et al. 2024

SAGE Open Nursing

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Introduction Parental stress related to their infants’ hospitalization is a significant concern that affects both parents and their infants. Fathers’ experiences tend to be understudied compared to mothers. Further research on fathers’ stress levels is necessary. While parental stress has been correlated with infant health severity, the specific causes and risk factors contributing to heightened stress levels in parents of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infants are not yet fully understood and require further investigation. Objective This study aimed to examine the stress levels experienced by parents of premature infants in the NICU and to explore the factors associated with parental stress in this specific context. Methods A cross-sectional observational design was used to accomplish this study, which was carried out on 743 parents from nine different NICUs located in governmental hospitals across various locations in Egypt. We used characteristics of parents and premature infants, and Parent Stress Scale was used for data collection. Results A majority of parents reported experiencing high stress in the following domains: sight and sound (80.3%), infants’ appearance (69%), and the parent-infant relationship (81.4%). Additionally, about three-quarters (73.6%) of parents experienced high stress overall, with a mean score of 167.56 (21.3). Conclusion About three-quarters of the parents experienced high overall stress levels. Also, factors that were found to affect parents’ stress levels included premature infants connected to mechanical ventilators, previous neonatal death, parents living far from hospitals, infants delivered through cesarean section, insufficient income, and prolonged hospitalization beyond 5 days.

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confidence: 99%