Gennaro S
School of Nursing, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Nurs Res. 1988 Mar-Apr;37(2):82-5.
This study examined differences in anxiety and depression in mothers of term and preterm infants in the first week postpartum and over the next 6 weeks. Mothers of 41 preterm infants were matched with 41 mothers of term infants on parity, type of delivery, age, and race. Sixteen mothers of preterm infants and 10 mothers of term infants completed all 7 weeks of data collection. Mothers of preterm infants were significantly more anxious and depressed than mothers of term infants in the first postpartal week but this difference did not persist over time. Maternal affect was unrelated to parity or type of delivery in the first postpartal week and over time. There were no differences among mothers of premature infants in initial anxiety or depression, based on the level of illness of the infant.
本研究调查了足月儿和早产儿母亲在产后第一周及接下来6周内焦虑和抑郁情况的差异。41名早产儿的母亲与41名足月儿的母亲在产次、分娩类型、年龄和种族方面进行了匹配。16名早产儿的母亲和10名足月儿的母亲完成了全部7周的数据收集。早产儿的母亲在产后第一周比足月儿的母亲明显更焦虑和抑郁，但这种差异并未随时间持续存在。在产后第一周及之后，母亲的情绪与产次或分娩类型无关。根据婴儿的疾病程度，早产儿母亲在初始焦虑或抑郁方面没有差异。
