Study of effect of Educational program on stress of parents of premature infants in neonatal intensive care units A Clinical Trial

Introduction: The existence of high stress and premature birth mother after effects and its negative consequences on children and their families to show the need for intervention. In this context, nurses are in a unique position to help parents. this study was aimed to Study of effect of Educational program on stress of parents of premature infants in neonatal intensive care units of Shahrekord.      Method: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 62 Mothers of premature infants who were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Data were collected through demographic information questionnaires of Mothers and infant and parental stress scale. Participants in the intervention group received Training programs to coping with stress in after the NICU face to face for 30 minutes during 3 sessions. Data was analyzed bySPSS v 18 and Test t, t and Fisher.       Results: The mean age of mothers was in the intervention group 28/25(7/56)  and  the control group 28/12( 6/1). The mean parental stress before training in both intervention and control groups, respectively, 4/62(0/18) and 4/43(0/37) that did not show a significant difference (P =0/01). and after training, respectively 4/39(0/38) and 3/41(0/9) that the difference in stress between the two groups was significant after the intervention (P=0/0001), Moreover, between birth weight and breast feeding and a significant amount of stress parents so that parents stress decreased with increasing birth weight (P> 0/05).      Conclusion: According to reduction of stress of mothers recommended with the design appropriate training programs and involvement of mothers in care of infant In addition relieving stress parents, the risk of re-hospitalization infant in unit also reduced.