Pridham K F, Hansen M F, Bradley M E, Heighway S M
J Fam Pract. 1982 Jun;14(6):1079-85.
Although the literature reports the birth of a baby to be a time of stress for parents, their day-to-day experience with the baby in the early months is an understudied area. In this study logs were kept by 62 mothers of newborns (38 primiparas and 24 multiparas), who identified approximately 9,800 issues noted during their babies's first 91 days as well as help used in problem solving. Mothers described their days by recording stressors and supports. Although the perceptions of mothers regarding life with their infants was highly variable from mother to mother, pattern and consistency were demonstrated. Categories of issues changing significantly in frequency over time included development, baby care, parenting, stressors, and illness, the latter dropping steadily across the baby's first three months. Approximately 6 percent of the issues concerned the mother herself in relation to the baby. Illness was the reason for 42 percent of the occasions of help seeking, with clinicians (family physicians and nurses) providing 62 percent of this help. Mothers reported as many supports as stressors and identified both stressors and supports in all categories, using the same set of categories for both. Parity did not influence numbers of issues reported. Primiparas sought help about 1.5 times as frequently as did multiparas.
尽管文献报道婴儿出生对父母来说是一个压力时期，但他们在最初几个月与婴儿的日常经历却是一个研究不足的领域。在这项研究中，62位新生儿母亲（38位初产妇和24位经产妇）记录了日志，她们识别出在婴儿出生后的前91天里大约9800个问题以及解决问题时所获得的帮助。母亲们通过记录压力源和支持来描述她们的日常生活。尽管母亲们对与婴儿一起生活的感受因人而异，但仍呈现出模式和一致性。随着时间推移，出现频率显著变化的问题类别包括发育、婴儿护理、育儿、压力源和疾病，其中疾病在婴儿出生后的前三个月里稳步减少。大约6%的问题涉及母亲自身与婴儿的关系。疾病是42%寻求帮助情况的原因，临床医生（家庭医生和护士）提供了其中62%的帮助。母亲们报告的支持和压力源数量一样多，并且在所有类别中都识别出了压力源和支持，对两者使用的是同一组类别。产次不影响报告的问题数量。初产妇寻求帮助的频率大约是经产妇的1.5倍。
