Ladani Marziyeh Tork, Abdeyazdan Zahra, Sadeghnia Alireza, Hajiheidari Mahnoosh, Hasanzadeh Akbar
Student Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2017 Sep-Oct;22(5):367-371. doi: 10.4103/1735-9066.215672.
The birth of a premature infant and her/his hospitalization can cause the parents to experience a variety of needs. Understanding the needs of parents by nurses can lead to provision of high quality care to premature infants. This study aimed to compare the parents' and nurses' viewpoints regarding parents' needs in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU).
In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 63 nurses, 120 mothers, and 120 fathers, who met the inclusion criteria, participated. Nurses were selected through a census method and parents through a simple convenience sampling method. Data were gathered using a researcher-made questionnaire and were analyzed using descriptive-analytic statistical methods in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software version 16.
From the viewpoint of mothers, the need for assurance with a mean score of 87.4 was the most important and the need for support with a mean score of 71.37 was the least important need. From the perspective of fathers, the need for assurance with a mean score of 78.5 was the most important and the need for support with a mean score of 51.20 was the least important need. From the viewpoint of the nurses, the need for assurance with a mean score of 77.6 was the most important and the need for support with a mean score of 59.77 was the least important need. The mean scores of the needs of mothers in all subscales were higher than that of the fathers' and nurses' ( < 0.001).
From the viewpoint of nurses, the scores of parents' needs were significantly less than that of the parents' for all subscales. It is suggested that appropriate education programs be provided for nurses regarding how they can understand parents' needs to provide high quality care.
早产儿的出生及其住院会使父母产生各种需求。护士了解父母的需求有助于为早产儿提供高质量护理。本研究旨在比较新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）中父母与护士对父母需求的看法。
在这项描述性横断面研究中，63名符合纳入标准的护士、120名母亲和120名父亲参与其中。护士通过普查法选取，父母通过简单便利抽样法选取。使用研究者自制的问卷收集数据，并在社会科学统计软件包第16版中采用描述性分析统计方法进行分析。
从母亲的角度来看，平均得分87.4的获得保证的需求最为重要，平均得分71.37的获得支持的需求最不重要。从父亲的角度来看，平均得分78.5的获得保证的需求最为重要，平均得分51.20的获得支持的需求最不重要。从护士的角度来看，平均得分77.6的获得保证的需求最为重要，平均得分59.77的获得支持的需求最不重要。母亲在所有子量表中的需求平均得分均高于父亲和护士（<0.001）。
从护士的角度来看，父母需求在所有子量表中的得分均显著低于父母自身的得分。建议为护士提供关于如何理解父母需求以提供高质量护理的适当教育项目。
