Evaluation of parental stress in neonatal intensive care unit in Iran: a national study

BMC Nursing

Research

Ali Ahmadi¹  Haydeh Heidari²  Narges sadeghi³  Kamal Solati⁴  Mohammad Heidarzadeh⁵ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Modeling in Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran;Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Modeling in Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran;Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran;Modeling in Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran;Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran;

关键词: Parents;    Stress;    Neonatal Intensive Care Unit;    Health Care System;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-023-01200-4

 received in 2022-10-29, accepted in 2023-02-06,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMore attention is paid to the survival and treatment of the sick infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and parental stress is not considered. The purpose of this study was to determine samples of the level of parental stress in the NICU.MethodThis study is a descriptive-analytical study in which Parental Stress and General Health were used in an analytical national survey in Iran. The research sample consists of 2456 parents of infants admitted to NICU. The sampling method was multi-stage random. We used 11- item parental stress questionnaire and 28-item general health questionnaire for the data collection.ResultBaloch ethnicity with an average of 11.52 had the highest level of stress. The mean stress score of mothers was higher than fathers. The mean score of all dimensions of physical symptoms, anxiety, social functioning, depression, and total mental health score in mothers was higher than fathers. There was a statistically significant difference in the length of hospitalization in terms of different levels of parental stress scores (p < 0.002). Lack of decisive response to parents was one of the most stressful issues (8.1%).ConclusionOur result shows mothers' stress was higher than fathers. So that health policymakers should pay attention to stress risk factors to provide appropriate interventions according stress risk factors Future studies should design appropriate interventions to reduce parental stress, especially in high-risk mothers.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2023

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