Turner Melanie, Chur-Hansen Anna, Winefield Helen, Stanners Melinda
School of Psychology, Hughes Building, North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
School of Psychology, Hughes Building, North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
Women Birth. 2015 Sep;28(3):252-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.04.001. Epub 2015 May 6.
Parental stress in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has been reported, however identifying modifiable stress factors and looking for demographic parent factors related to stress has not been well researched.
This study aims to identify the most stressful elements for parents in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Parents of babies in an Australian neonatal intensive care unit (N=73) completed both the Parent Stress Scale - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a survey of parent and baby demographic and support experience variables (Parent Survey) over an 18-month period.
Older parental age, very premature birth and twin birth were significantly associated with a higher Parent Stress Scale - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit score. Having a high score in the Relationship and Parental Role scale was strongly associated with attendance at the parent support group.
These results indicate the variables associated with stress and this knowledge can be used by teams within hospitals to provide better supportive emotional care for parents.
已有报道称新生儿重症监护病房(NICU)的父母会承受压力,然而,确定可改变的压力因素以及寻找与压力相关的父母人口统计学因素尚未得到充分研究。
本研究旨在确定新生儿重症监护病房中对父母来说压力最大的因素。
在18个月的时间里,澳大利亚一家新生儿重症监护病房中婴儿的父母(N = 73)完成了《新生儿重症监护病房父母压力量表》以及一份关于父母和婴儿人口统计学及支持经历变量的调查问卷(《父母调查问卷》)。
父母年龄较大、极早产和双胞胎出生与较高的《新生儿重症监护病房父母压力量表》得分显著相关。在关系和父母角色量表中得分较高与参加父母支持小组密切相关。
这些结果表明了与压力相关的变量,医院的团队可以利用这些知识为父母提供更好的支持性情感护理。