“…Birth is defined as preterm when the gestational period is less than 37 weeks (BRASIL, 2016a), and most of these births occur spontaneously or can be induced due to complications caused by multiple pregnancies, infections or chronic diseases (WORLD..., 2015). The high morbidity rate associated with preterm birth often demands the hospitalization of the newborn in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) (SILVA et al, 2016;RIBEIRO et al, 2014), which generates the whole family, more specifically in parents, feelings such as fear, anxiety, guilt and suffering (GROSIK et al, 2013). Enduring the uncertainty of the newborn's health conditions and watching them undergo medical procedures, together with helplessness in the inability to directly assist the baby, can be traumatic for the family (MATRICARDI et al, 2012;TURNER et al, 2015;CHERTOK et al, 2014).…”