a School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine , Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin , Terengganu , Malaysia.
b Department of Nursing Science , University Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2019 Apr;37(2):193-205. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1540861. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
This study aims to determine maternal stress and anxiety as perceived by mothers whose premature infants were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to identify maternal stress and its relationship with maternal and infant characteristics and anxiety.
Vulnerable premature infants commonly require special care in the NICUs. In most cases, prolonged hospitalization results in stress and anxiety for the mothers.
A non-probability convenience survey was used in a public hospital, with 180 mothers completing the 26-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and a 40-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
56.5% of mothers had high levels of stress, 85.5% of mothers had a high level of state-anxiety and 67.8% of mothers had a high level of trait-anxiety. The stress experienced by these mothers had a significant relationship with anxiety, and was found to be associated with state and trait anxiety levels, but not with maternal and infant characteristics.
Mothers in this setting revealed high levels of stress and anxiety during their premature infants' NICU admission. An immediate interventional programme focusing on relieving mothers' anxiety and stress is needed to prevent maternal stress and anxiety at an early stage.
本研究旨在了解早产儿入住新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）的母亲的主观压力和焦虑程度，并确定母亲的压力及其与母亲和婴儿特征及焦虑的关系。
脆弱的早产儿通常需要在 NICU 接受特殊护理。在大多数情况下，长时间住院会给母亲带来压力和焦虑。
采用非概率便利抽样法，在一家公立医院对 180 名母亲进行了 26 项感知压力量表（PSS）和 40 项状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）的调查。
56.5%的母亲压力水平较高，85.5%的母亲状态焦虑水平较高，67.8%的母亲特质焦虑水平较高。这些母亲所经历的压力与焦虑有显著关系，与状态和特质焦虑水平相关，但与母婴特征无关。
在这种情况下，母亲在早产儿入住 NICU 期间表现出较高的压力和焦虑水平。需要立即采取干预措施，以减轻母亲的焦虑和压力，从而预防早期的母婴压力和焦虑。
