School of Health and Welfare, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
J Perinatol. 2024 Dec;44(12):1738-1745. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02076-1. Epub 2024 Aug 3.
To describe factors associated with quality of couple relationships among parents of infants cared for in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) 1 year after birth and examine the trajectory of the relationship quality compared to parents from maternity units (MUs).
Longitudinally comparative cohort design. Parents answered surveys during the first year after discharge about the couple relationship, social support, and depressive symptoms.
Better social support and a hospital stay of 7-14 days were positively associated with the couple relationship in NICU mothers, whereas not having slept together with the partner and infant during hospitalization were negatively associated. Depressive symptoms were negatively associated with the relationship among NICU fathers. There were no differences in trajectory of the relationship quality between NICU and MU parents.
To strengthen couple relationships, it could be important to improve social support, facilitate space and time for support, and enable togetherness during hospitalization.
描述新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）中婴儿的父母在出生后 1 年内的夫妻关系质量的相关因素，并与来自产科病房（MUs）的父母进行比较，以观察其关系质量的变化轨迹。
纵向比较队列设计。父母在出院后第一年期间回答了有关夫妻关系、社会支持和抑郁症状的调查。
NICU 母亲的社会支持较好和住院时间为 7-14 天与夫妻关系呈正相关，而住院期间未与伴侣和婴儿同睡则呈负相关。抑郁症状与 NICU 父亲的关系呈负相关。NICU 和 MU 父母的关系质量变化轨迹没有差异。
为了加强夫妻关系，可以通过改善社会支持、为支持提供空间和时间，并在住院期间促进团聚来实现。
