Wong Su Ren, Wilson Ingrid M, Jones Lester E, Teo Eunice Jun Lu, Chong Sing Ting Joy, Chia Jasmine Ling Xuan, Sin Gregory, Amin Zubair
Department of Rehabilitation, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Health and Social Sciences Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, Singapore.
J Perinatol. 2025 Jul 28. doi: 10.1038/s41372-025-02341-x.
To examine parents' awareness and perceptions of their premature baby's experience of pain, due to invasive procedures performed during admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Parents of premature babies, who had been admitted to NICU, were recruited from a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Fifteen semi-structured interviews, with individual parents, were conducted. Data were analyzed using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach including constant comparison and iterative coding. and theoretical sampling.
Eleven mothers and four fathers were interviewed. A central theme of 'Adjustment' was identified with four key aspects: (1) Acknowledging the pain, (2) Seeking assurance, (3) Parental presence, and (4) Learning entrustment.
Attention to parent's needs associated with their perception of neonatal pain, will facilitate the transition to parenthood and support development of parental identity and competence in those with premature infants in NICU.
探讨父母对其早产婴儿在新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）住院期间因侵入性操作而经历疼痛的认知和看法。
从新加坡一家三级医院招募入住NICU的早产婴儿的父母。对每位父母进行了15次半结构化访谈。采用建构主义扎根理论方法对数据进行分析，包括持续比较、迭代编码和理论抽样。
采访了11位母亲和4位父亲。确定了一个核心主题“调整”，包括四个关键方面：（1）承认疼痛，（2）寻求保证，（3）父母陪伴，（4）学会托付。
关注父母与他们对新生儿疼痛的认知相关的需求，将有助于向为人父母的角色转变，并支持NICU中早产婴儿父母身份认同和能力的发展。
