Effect of Family-centered Intervention in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Anxiety of Parents

Authors

  • Hossein NamdarArshatnab Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Tabriz, Iran.
  • Kobra Ravanbakhsh MSc Student in NICU, Research Committee of Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
  • Masoumeh Balila Neonatologist, 29 Bahman Hospital, Social Security Organization, Tabriz, Iran.
  • Mohammad ArshadiBostanabad Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
  • Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi Road Traffic Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract:

Background Birth of a premature infant and hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a stressful phenomenon and lead to parents’ anxiety. In such situation, fathers have important role to reduce mothers’ anxiety. This study aimed to investigate the effect of family-centered intervention in the NICU on the anxiety of parents. Materials and Methods In this clinical trial, 60 parents of premature infants hospitalized in the NICU were assigned to two groups using randomization with the block size of 6. Before the intervention, the anxiety of the mothers was measured in both groups. The fathers in the control group received only the routine care of the ward, but those in the intervention group were educated about mother supporting and newborn care 3 times. Furthermore, the parents were given the opportunity to be with their infants for 3 days in order to exchange ideas in the non-visiting hours. One day after the intervention, the anxiety of the mothers was measured in both groups. Data was analyzed by SPSS software (version 11.0). Results Most of newborns in both group have delivered by caesarian section (71.4 vs. 64.3%). Investigating the difference between the mean total anxiety scores of parents in the two groups before and after the intervention showed a significant reduction in the anxiety score of the intervention group (97.37 to 75.70) (P

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volume 5  issue 6

pages  5101- 5111

publication date 2017-06-01

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