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Differences in perceived parental stress between parents with very low birth weight infants and nurses in neonatal intensive care units, South Korea.
- Source :
- Child Health Nursing Research; Jul2021, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p297-307, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Purpose: This descriptive study compared the perceived parental stress levels between parents with very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs) and nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: In total, 83 parents of VLBWIs and 78 NICU nurses were enrolled. Data were collected with the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) and analyzed using the t-test and analysis of variance in SAS version 9.4. Results: The average PSS score was 3.31 among parents and 3.45 among nurses. The stress score was significantly higher among nurses with children (t=2.46, p=.016) and senior nurses (t=2.12, p=.037). There was a significant difference in the stress score according to parents' education (t=3.29, p=.002) and occupation (F=3.14, p=.049) in the sights and sounds subscale. Mothers had signifi- cantly higher stress scores than fathers in the parental role alterations subscale (t=2.32, p=.023). Parental stress scores were higher than those perceived by nurses in the infant's appearance and behaviors subscale for breathing patterns (t=2.95, p=.004), followed by jerky/ restless behavior (t=2.70, p=.008). Conclusion: Nurses should provide explanations to parents of VLBWIs in order to reduce parental stress about the appearances and behavior of VLBWIs. This is more important than aspect of the NICU environment and education about parental roles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MOTHERS
OCCUPATIONAL roles
NEONATAL intensive care
PSYCHOLOGY of parents
RESEARCH methodology
JOB stress
NEONATAL intensive care units
VERY low birth weight
PSYCHOLOGY of nurses
T-test (Statistics)
PARENTING
EMPLOYMENT
COMMUNICATION
NURSES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DATA analysis software
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
EDUCATIONAL attainment
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22879110
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child Health Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151724057
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2021.27.3.297