To assess the stress level among mother of neonates admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and step-down ICU-Intermediate Care Nursery (ICN) unit

Authors

  • Dr. Himani Vice Principal cum Lecturer, College of Nursing, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  • Rinku Mehmi College of Nursing, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  • Anurag Singh Rajput Department of Nursing, Intern College of Nursing, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  • Ankita Department of Nursing, Intern College of Nursing, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  • Aarti Department of Nursing, Intern College of Nursing, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  • Anjana Devi Department of Nursing, Intern College of Nursing, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India

Keywords:

stress, Neonates

Abstract

Background: Hospitalization is the traumatic event to the family member it causes stress to the family member especially mother. As we address the multiple challenges such as handling of their ill babies, dealing with people and medical staff in NICU, this cause physiological as well as the psychological changes in mother.

Objective: This study aims to determine maternal stress as perceived by the mother whose neonates admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) step down nursery (ICN).And to find out the association between the selected sociodemographic variables with the level of the stress.

Methods: Non probability purposive sampling technique was used, in GMCH -32 Chandigarh, with 70 mothers assess the stress level by using Standardize scale PSS:NICU(parental stress scale: neonatal intensive care unit ) of 26 questions.

Results: Out of 70 subjects in NICU, 57.1% mother had severe level of stress and 42.8% mother had moderate level of stress, Whereas in ICN, 65.7% had moderate level of stress and 31.4% had severe level of stress and only 2.8% mother was having mild level of stress. Findings of the study shows that the mother whose neonates admitted in NICU had severe level of stress. In present study it shows that the mother belongs to the age group 24-28 year had severe level of stress 54.3% in NICU as compare to ICN mother stress level is 51.4% age of mother is also affecting the stress.

Conclusion: The study findings revel that mother of neonates admitted in NICU had severe level of stress when compare to mother of neonates admitted in Step down nursery (ICN). The further intervention study is planned to decreases the stress level among the mother.

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2022-01-16

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Himani, R. Mehmi, A. Singh Rajput, Ankita, Aarti, and A. Devi, “To assess the stress level among mother of neonates admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and step-down ICU-Intermediate Care Nursery (ICN) unit”, J. A. Med. Sci, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 16–19, Jan. 2022.

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