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Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit

Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2 28 Ağustos 2025
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Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit

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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<0.05). Mothers who received support from their husbands' families had less anxiety (p=0.044). No statistical correlation was found between the MIAS and the BAI (r: -0.90; p: 0.290). As a result of the study, it was found that although mothers whose babies were hospitalized in the NICU had anxiety, their attachment to their babies was not low. It was found that there was no significant relationship between mothers' anxiety levels and attachment. However, variables such as mothers' involvement in caring for their babies, the presence of family and social support, breastfeeding and the person from whom the information was obtained (nurse/midwife), and fear of losing the baby were identified as variables influencing anxiety and attachment.

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Bu çalışma için herhangi bir finansal destek alınmamıştır.

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma için etik kurul onayı Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırmaları Etik Kurulu'ndan alınmıştır (Tarih: 14.03 2022 ve Sayı No: :E-74555795-050.01.04-334568).

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

28 Ağustos 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

18 Ocak 2025

Kabul Tarihi

3 Haziran 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Özdemir, E., & Mecdi Kaydırak, M. (2025). Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit. Arel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 9(2), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.71230/arsagbil.1622671
AMA
1.Özdemir E, Mecdi Kaydırak M. Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit. Arel Ü S. Bil. Derg. 2025;9(2):21-33. doi:10.71230/arsagbil.1622671
Chicago
Özdemir, Esra, ve Meltem Mecdi Kaydırak. 2025. “Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit”. Arel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 9 (2): 21-33. https://doi.org/10.71230/arsagbil.1622671.
EndNote
Özdemir E, Mecdi Kaydırak M (01 Ağustos 2025) Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit. Arel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 9 2 21–33.
IEEE
[1]E. Özdemir ve M. Mecdi Kaydırak, “Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit”, Arel Ü S. Bil. Derg., c. 9, sy 2, ss. 21–33, Ağu. 2025, doi: 10.71230/arsagbil.1622671.
ISNAD
Özdemir, Esra - Mecdi Kaydırak, Meltem. “Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit”. Arel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 9/2 (01 Ağustos 2025): 21-33. https://doi.org/10.71230/arsagbil.1622671.
JAMA
1.Özdemir E, Mecdi Kaydırak M. Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit. Arel Ü S. Bil. Derg. 2025;9:21–33.
MLA
Özdemir, Esra, ve Meltem Mecdi Kaydırak. “Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit”. Arel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, c. 9, sy 2, Ağustos 2025, ss. 21-33, doi:10.71230/arsagbil.1622671.
Vancouver
1.Esra Özdemir, Meltem Mecdi Kaydırak. Investigating The Relationship Between Anxiety Level and Maternal Attachment in Mothers With a Baby in The Neonatal Newborn Care Unit. Arel Ü S. Bil. Derg. 01 Ağustos 2025;9(2):21-33. doi:10.71230/arsagbil.1622671

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