Miles Margaret Shandor, Burchinal Peg, Holditch-Davis Diane, Brunssen Susan, Wilson Sonja M
School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7460, USA.
J Pediatr Nurs. 2002 Apr;17(2):82-8. doi: 10.1053/jpdn.2002.124125.
The purpose of this article is to describe maternal perceptions about hospital-related stressors, worry about the infant's health, and support from the health care team in mothers of medically fragile infants. A second purpose was to explore possible differences between Black and White mothers on these same variables. Participants were 31 Black and 38 White mothers of infants who were hospitalized in a tertiary hospital for a serious life-threatening illness. Data were collected using five self-report questionnaires. All mothers reported high levels of stress associated with the appearance of their infants and moderately high stress associated with their altered parental role, moderately high levels of worry about their infants' health problems, and high support from nursing and the health care team. Black mothers were more stressed by the sights and sounds of the hospital environment; however, the levels of their stress were only moderate. On the other hand, mothers with less education expressed more worry about their infants than did mothers with more education. Findings have implications for helping mothers during the hospitalization of a critically ill infant.
本文旨在描述患有医学脆弱性婴儿的母亲对与医院相关的压力源的看法、对婴儿健康的担忧以及来自医疗团队的支持。第二个目的是探讨黑人母亲和白人母亲在这些相同变量上可能存在的差异。参与者为31名黑人母亲和38名白人母亲，她们的婴儿因严重危及生命的疾病在一家三级医院住院。数据通过五份自我报告问卷收集。所有母亲都报告称，与婴儿的外貌相关的压力水平较高，与父母角色改变相关的压力处于中等偏高水平，对婴儿健康问题的担忧处于中等偏高水平，以及来自护理人员和医疗团队的支持较高。黑人母亲因医院环境的景象和声音而承受更大压力；然而，她们的压力水平仅为中等。另一方面，受教育程度较低的母亲比受教育程度较高的母亲对婴儿表达了更多担忧。研究结果对帮助患有重症婴儿的母亲住院期间提供了启示。
