DETERMINING THE STRESS AND ANXIETY LEVELS OF MOTHERS WITH INFANTS IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Year 2023, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 23 - 28, 29.03.2023

Dilek Şayık , Özlem Mumcu , Ayfer Açıkgoz

https://doi.org/10.48176/esmj.2023.99

Abstract

Objective: The hospitalization of a newborn for any reason and the separation of mother and infant can be a source of stress during the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to determine the stress and anxiety levels of mothers with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during the pandemic.
Methods: This descriptive study was carried out with 105 mothers whose babies were hospitalized in the NICU of a hospital in Eskisehir province in Turkey between May 14 and June 14, 2020.
Results: Participants ranged in age from 18 to 42 years old, with an average age of 29.63±5.78. It was determined that 54.3% of the infants (n=57) were admitted to the NICU immediately after birth
and remained in the NICU for an average of 7.61±15.18 days. It was found that mothers experienced moderate stress (PSS: NICU score 3.48±0.99) and anxiety (PSAS score 82.07±21.41) during the pandemic. A significant positive relationship was found between PSAS and PSS: NICU (p=.003; r=0.290).
Conclusions: It was concluded that in order to reduce levels of stress and anxiety, mothers with babies in the NICU during the pandemic period should increase the time they spend with their baby, and both doctors and nurses should provide mothers with information about the infant’s condition.

Keywords

Anxiety, COVID-19 pandemic, stress, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

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Thanks

We thank the mothers of the infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit who participated in our study.

COVID-19 PANDEMİSİ DÖNEMİNDE BEBEĞİ YENİDOĞAN YOĞUN BAKIM ÜNİTESİNDE YATAN ANNELERİN STRES VE ANKSİYETE DÜZEYLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Abstract

Amaç: Covid-19 Pandemisi döneminde herhangi bir sebeple bebeğin hastaneye yatırılması ve anne ve bebeğin ayrı kalması bir stres kaynağı olabilmektedir. Araştırma, pandemi döneminde bebeği yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesinde (YYBÜ) yatan annelerin stres ve anksiyete düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı tipte olan bu araştırma, 14 Mayıs – 14 Haziran 2020 tarihleri arasında Eskişehir ilinde bulunan bir hastanenin YYBÜ’nde bebeği yatan 105 anne ile tamamlandı.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaşları 18 ile 42 arasında değişmekte olup, yaş ortalamaları 29.63±5.78’tür. Bebeklerin %54.3’ünün (n=57) doğduktan hemen sonra YYBÜ’ne yatışının yapıldığı ve ortalama 7.61±15.18 gün YYBÜ’ne yatmakta oldukları belirlendi. Araştırmada pandemi döneminde annelerin orta düzeyde stres (NICU Anne-Baba Stres Ölçeği 3.48±0.99) ve anksiyete (PSAS Ölçeği puanı 82.07±21.41) yaşadıkları saptandı. PSAS Ölçeği ile NICU Anne-Baba Stres Ölçeği arasında önemli düzeyde pozitif yönlü bir ilişki saptanmıştır (p=0.003; r=0.290).
Sonuç: Çalışmada, pandemi döneminde bebeği YYBÜ’ne yatan annelerin stres ve anksiyete düzeyinin azaltılması için, bebeği ile birlikte geçireceği sürenin artırılması gerektiği ve bebeği hakkında
bilginin hem doktor hem de hemşire tarafından verilmesi gerektiği bulundu.

Keywords

Anksiyete, COVID-19 pandemisi, stres, yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesi

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