The stress response of mothers and fathers of preterm infants

Research in Nursing and Health - Tập 15 Số 4 - Trang 261-269 - 1992
Margaret Shandor Miles1,2, Sandra G. Funk2, Mary Ann Kasper3
1Department of Women's and Children's Health, School of Nursing, CB#7460 Carrington Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460.
2Margaret Shandor Miles, PhD, RN, and Sandra G. Funk, PhD, are professors in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3Mary Ann Kasper, EdD, RN, is an associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Kansas

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AbstractDifferences in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) environmental stress, uncertainty, and anxiety of 23 mothers and fathers (couples) whose premature infants were hospitalized in an NICU were explored. Alterations in the parental role were found to be stressful for both mothers and fathers, with mothers reporting significantly greater stress in this area than did fathers. Stress and uncertainty decreased significantly over time. Mothers and fathers did not differ in level of anxiety. Findings suggest that both mothers and fathers are distressed by the admission of a premature to an NICU; however, mothers may be more distressed by certain aspects of the experience.

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Research in Nursing and Health

Tập 15 Số 4

261-269

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