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The Stress Resources From The View points of Mothers of Infants Hospitalized in NICU

Background & Objectives: The birth of a baby is a transitional stage in every pregnant woman (s life and adjusting to this maternal role is a very stressful event. But birth of an ill infant and then hospitalization of him will change family programs, hopes and happiness into disappointment, sorrow and confusion and parents will suffer from it. Infantʹs hospitalization in NICU is a stressful event which encounters mothers with different challenges. In this case present study wishes to survey a study with the heading of "The survey of stressful resources from the view point of mothers of infants hospitalized in NICU." * Materials & Methods: This study is a descriptive cross-sectional study with the method of convenience sampling. The sample consisted of 50 mothers whose infants had been hospitalized in NICU of Alzahra & Pediatric hospital of Tabriz. The stressful resources from the mothers ʹ view point were surveyed by using a questionnaire. Mothers were asked to specify their own stress by checking:" Never, a little, moderately, a lot, quite a lot, have no experience". Data were analyzed by using SPSS/13. Results: The results of this study showed that from the view point of mothers stressful resources about Infantsʹ appearance, treatment& behavior include: " seeing the baby suffering from pain (a mean of 4.08) "cessation of breathing (a mean of 4.02) ", "feeding via tube (a mean of 3.89)", " seeing their infant frightened (a mean of 3.77)" and " using artificial breathing device for them (a mean of 3.75) ". Mothers also had mentioned stress sources about communication with infant as follows:" separation from infant (3.91)", "impossibility of feeding their babies directly (3.63)", "impossibility of being alone with their infants (3.59)"," being in despair and unable to protect her baby against pain ( 3.58)" and " other-than-mother child care (3.58)". Conclusion: Nowadays staffs of the pediatric wards challenge not only to provide the best care programs of premature infants but to help mothers to accept premature infant and improve maternal feeling. The results of this study showed that, stressful resources are various from the view point of mothers of infants hospitalized in NICU. Due to their exceptional situation in NICU nurses have significant effect on stress reduction of parents; so it is essential to pay more attention to these stress related resources. Therefore it is necessary to turn the infant-oriented care into family -oriented care at the mentioned hospitals.