TY - JOUR T1 - Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit TT - Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakım Ünitesinde Bebeği Olan Annelerin kaygı Düzeyi ve Maternal Bağlanma İlişkisinin İncelenmesi AU - Özdemir, Esra AU - Mecdi Kaydırak, Meltem PY - 2025 DA - August Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.71230/arsagbil.1622671 JF - Arel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi JO - J. H. Sci. Arel U. PB - İstanbul Arel Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2980-1753 SP - 21 EP - 33 VL - 9 IS - 2 LA - en AB - The study was conducted to investigate the relationship between anxiety level and maternal attachment in women whose babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The study, conducted with 140 women whose babies were admitted to the hospital's NICU between April 2022 and September 2022, was planned in a descriptive and correlational design. Data were collected by face-to-face interview using the "Mother-Infant Description Questionnaire", the "Visual Analog Scale (VAS)", the "Mother-Infant Attachment Scale (MIAS)" and the "Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)". The mean age of the mothers was 28.48±5.66 years. The average total scores of the mothers were as follows: MICS= 14.85±2.13 and BAS= 7.21±6.33. It was found that the mothers who could not participate in the care of the baby had higher MICS scores (p= 0.045). It was found that mothers who attended regular check-ups during pregnancy had lower BAI scores (p= 0.005). Participants who received support from their mothers/fathers (p=0.021), husband (p=0.018) and friends (p=0.040) had lower BAI scores (p KW - Anxiety KW - Maternal attachment KW - Postpartum period KW - Social support N2 - Bu araştırma yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesinde (YYBÜ) bebeği olan kadınların kaygı düzeyi ve maternal bağlanma ilişkisinin incelenmek amacıyla yapıldı. Bir hastanenin YYBÜ’sinde Nisan 2022 – Eylül 2022 tarihleri arasında bebeği yatmakta olan 140 kadınla yapılan çalışma, tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı tasarımda planlandı. Veriler “Anne-Bebek Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu”, “Görsel Kıyaslama Ölçeği”, “Anne-Bebek Bağlanma Ölçeği (ABBÖ)” ve “Beck Anksiyete Ölçeği (BAÖ)” kullanılarak yüz yüze görüşme tekniğiyle toplandı.Annelerin yaş ortalaması 28.48±5.66 olarak belirlendi. Annelerin ölçek toplam puan ortalaması şu şekildedir; ABBÖ= 14.85±2.13 ve BAÖ=7.21±6.33’tür. Bebeğin bakımına katılamayan annelerin daha yüksek ABBÖ puanına sahip oldukları belirlendi (p=0.045). Gebelikte düzenli kontrole giden annelerin daha düşük BAÖ puanına sahip oldukları belirlendi (p=0.005). Anne/babasından (p=0.021), eşinden (p=0.018) ve arkadaşından (p=0.040) destek gören katılımcıların daha düşük ABBÖ puanına sahip oldukları belirlendi(p CR - 1. Nacar, E.H. and Gökkaya, F. (2019). A Review on attachment and maternal bonding. 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