Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakım Ünitesinden Preterm Bebeği Taburcu Edilen Annelerin Duyguları: Nitel Bir Çalışma

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 41 Sayı: 2, 289 - 298, 22.08.2025

Özlem Selime Merter , Didem Coşkun Şimşek

https://doi.org/10.53490/egehemsire.1363575

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Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakım Ünitesinden Preterm Bebeği Taburcu Edilen Annelerin Duyguları: Nitel Bir Çalışma

Amaç: Bu çalışma, preterm bebeği YYBÜ'den taburcu edilen annelerin duygularını belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntem: Nitel tanımlayıcı olarak yapılan bu çalışma, Şubat-Eylül 2022 tarihleri arasında YYBÜ'de 28-32 gebelik haftaları arasında doğmuş preterm bebeği olan 17 anne ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Annelerle yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Veri toplamak amacıyla birebir derinlemesine görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Tüm görüşmeler ses kaydına alınmış ve yazıya aktarılmıştır. Görüşmeler sırasında kaydedilen ses kayıtları Graneheim & Lundman'ın geleneksel içerik analizi kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma COREQ kontrol listesine dayalı olarak yazılmıştır.
Bulgular: Yapılan içerik analizi sonucunda çalışmada üç ana tema belirlenmiştir: (1) korku (bebeği kaybetme, bebeğe zarar verme ve bebeğin YYBÜ'ye geri gönderilmesi korkusu), (2) endişe (endişelenme) müdahale edememe, bebeğin hastalanacağı endişesi, hata yapma endişesi, (3) mutluluk (annelik duygusu).
Sonuç: Prematüre bebeğin taburculuğunun anne sağlığını özellikle emosyonel alanda yoğun olarak etkilediği belirlenmiştir. Bulgular annelerin taburculuk sonrası danışmanlık ihtiyaçları olduğunu göstermiştir. Annelere bebek bakımı konusunda uygulamalı olarak verilecek taburculuk eğitiminin evde bakım sürecine önemli katkıları olacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Erken doğum , duygu , anneler , hemşireler , taburculuk

Emotions of Mothers whose Preterm Infant was Discharged from The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study

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Emotions of Mothers whose Preterm Infant was Discharged from The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study

Objective: This study aims to determine the emotions of mothers whose preterm infants were discharged from the NICU.
Methods: The study in the qualitative descriptive design was conducted with 17 mothers with preterm infants between 28 and 32 weeks of gestational age in the NICU between February and September 2022. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with mothers. A one-on-one in-depth interview technique was used to collect data. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed. The audio recordings recorded during the interviews were evaluated using the traditional content analysis of Graneheim & Lundman. The study was written based on the COREQ checklist.
Results: As a result of the content analysis, three main themes were determined in the study: (1) fear (fear of losing the infant, harming the infant and having the infant go back to the NICU), (2) worry (worrying of not being able to intervene, worrying that the infant will get sick, worry of making a mistake, (3) happiness (emotion of motherhood).
Conclusions: It has been determined that the discharge of the preterm infant affects maternal health intensely, especially in the emotional field. The findings showed that mothers had post-discharge counseling needs. The discharge training, which will be given to mothers in practice on infant care, will have important contributions in the home care process.
Keywords: Preterm birth; emotions; mothers; nurses; discharge.

Funding: The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.

Anahtar Kelimeler

preterm birth , emotions , mothers , nurses , discharge

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