Supporting of the Fathers to Visit Their Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Decreases Their Stress Level: A Pretest–Posttest Quasi-Experimental Study

It is known that fathers whose infants are hospitalized in NICUs (Neonatal Intensive Care Units) are severely stressed. This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the effect of supporting and visiting infants in NICUs on stress levels of Turkish fathers. This was a pretest–posttest quas...

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Veröffentlicht in:Community mental health journal 2017-05, Vol.53 (4), p.490-495
Hauptverfasser: Kardaş Özdemir, Funda, Küçük Alemdar, Dilek
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:It is known that fathers whose infants are hospitalized in NICUs (Neonatal Intensive Care Units) are severely stressed. This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the effect of supporting and visiting infants in NICUs on stress levels of Turkish fathers. This was a pretest–posttest quasi-experimental study. The population of the study consisted of 47 fathers who had their infants receiving treatment in NICU at a state hospital in the eastern Turkey and agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected by using “Father-Infant Introductory Information Form” and “Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, PSS:NICU”. When comparing the PSS:NICU total mean scores of the fathers before and after interventions; it was determined that their mean scores were higher before visits compared to those obtained after interventions and the difference between them was significant at advanced level. It was found that the fathers visiting and supporting their infants in NICUs had the decreased stress levels. It is a useful nursing intervention to support fathers to visit their babies in NICUs and establish environments where they could spend time with their babies.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-016-0066-7