Aliabadi Faranak, Kamali Mohammad, Borimnejad Leili, Rassafiani Mehdi, Rasti Mehdi, Shafaroodi Narges, Rafii Foroogh, Askari Kachoosangi Reihaneh
1. PhD in Occupational Therapy, Faculty Member at Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Management, School of Rehabilitation sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2014 Jul 27;28:82. eCollection 2014.
This study aimed to understand the confront strategies of parents of premature infants hospitalized in NICU.
This study was performed using qualitative content analysis approach. Twelve participants including nine parents whose infants were hospitalized in NICU, two nurses and one physician, all selected by purposive sampling method were interviewed by a female expert occupational therapist. Data were gathered by semistructured interviews. Data were analyzed by inductive content analysis approach.
One category, six subcategories and twenty one themes emerged from data analysis expressed confront strategies of parents of premature infants admitted in NICU. These categories were: taking assurance, stop thinking to bad things, diverting mind, taking supports, emotional expression, complaining from staff.
Premature infant's parents announced that they do not receive adequate formal support to manage their feelings and needs. So, they seek for other informal resources of support and apply some special strategies including self-support.
本研究旨在了解入住新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）的早产儿父母的应对策略。
本研究采用定性内容分析法。通过目的抽样法选取了12名参与者，包括9名婴儿入住NICU的父母、2名护士和1名医生，由一名女性职业治疗专家进行访谈。通过半结构化访谈收集数据。采用归纳性内容分析法对数据进行分析。
数据分析得出了一个类别、六个子类别和二十一个主题，这些都体现了入住NICU的早产儿父母的应对策略。这些类别包括：寻求保证、停止往坏处想、转移注意力、寻求支持、情绪表达、向工作人员抱怨。
早产儿父母表示，他们在应对自身感受和需求时没有得到足够的正式支持。因此，他们寻求其他非正式的支持资源，并采用一些特殊策略，包括自我支持。
