A study to assess the level of stress and coping strategies among mothers of preterm infants admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at selected hospital, Puducherry.

Rajalakshmi, S.; S, Kalavathi

doi:10.5958/2454-2652.2017.00010.5

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“…In each subscale, most of the responses are in the classification of good coping strategies. The results of this study differ from previous studies, which stated that most mothers are in the moderate coping category (Gurgani & Jogi, 2018;Patil, 2014;Paul et al, 2018;Sharma, 2019), and there is one study that gives the result that most respondents have poor coping strategies (Rajalakshmi & Mothers for Caring Premature Infant at Home Kalavathi, 2017). The results of this study can be explained as follows: the results of this study are mostly maternal stress in the moderate category, so the coping strategies of praying, getting closer to the baby, accepting the situation, and seeking support are in the good category.…”

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“…Currently, the identification of stress and coping strategies mothers use still focuses a lot on when the baby is in the NICU (Gurgani & Jogi, 2018;Patil, 2014;Paul et al, 2018;Rajalakshmi & Kalavathi, 2017Sharma, 2019Tajalli et al, 2022). In contrast, stress and coping strategies for mothers when caring for premature babies at home are still under-researched (de Castro Pereira et al, 2019).…”

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Stress and Coping Strategies among Mothers for Caring Premature Infant at Home

Merdikawati,

Kapti,

Arief

et al. 2024

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Background: Mothers with premature babies have higher stress levels than mothers with full-term babies and experience barriers to becoming mothers, so mothers need to adjust coping strategies continuously. This research aims to correlate coping strategies and stress among mothers caring for their premature babies at home. Methods: The data collected from 188 mothers was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Spearman test). Results: Most respondents are in the moderate stress category (70.2%). The three coping strategies used by mothers, namely praying, getting closer to the baby, and accepting the situation, were mostly in the good category (94.7%, 76.6%, and 68.1%), while coping for seeking support was mostly in the moderate category (60.6%). There was a correlation between coping and maternal stress (coping with prayer: p-value 0.008, coping with attachment: p-value 0.000, coping with accepting situations: p-value 0.000, and coping with seeking information: p-value 0.000). The strongest correlation was the coping strategy with accepting the situation (r = 0.561), which means that the better the coping with accepting the situation, the less stress. This study shows a correlation between mothers coping strategies and the stress of caring for premature babies at home. Conclusion: Support by health workers is crucial in developing appropriate coping strategies for mothers to reduce maternal stress when caring for premature babies at home.

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Stress and Coping Strategies among Mothers for Caring Premature Infant at Home

Merdikawati,

Kapti,

Arief

et al. 2024

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“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review and meta‐analysis that assessed the prevalence of stress among parents of neonates admitted to the NICU in India. Advancing age of the mother and prolonged NICU stay (Chourasia et al., 2013; Rai & Rani, 2019), religion, and number of children (Rajalakshmi & Kalavathi, 2017) were marginally associated with higher levels of maternal stress. Mothers who directly breastfed their babies had significantly lower stress than mothers who did not (Chourasia et al., 2013).…”

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“…Twelve studies have reported that others experienced severe stress (Agrawal & Gaur, 2016;Ashwani et al, 2017;Chourasia et al, 2013;Das & Krishna, 2020;Ganguly et al, 2020;Kumar & Mallick, 2020;Mulla & Patel, 2021;Niranjan et al, 2015;Patil, 2014;Rai & Rani, 2019;Reetha, 2020;Varma et al, 2019). Five studies have reported that mothers experienced a moderate level of stress (Sheeba & Prabhu T, 2019;Gurgani & Jogi, 2018;Rajalakshmi & Kalavathi, 2017;Sharma, 2019;Sidhu, 2016). Two studies have reported that mothers experienced mild stress levels during neonatal admission to the NICU (Shanmugam & Ramachandra, 2015;Vinod, 2017).…”

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“…Mothers who directly breastfed their babies had significantly lower stress than mothers who did not (Chourasia et al, 2013). Studies have highlighted that the age of mothers, education, occupation, monthly incomes of family, birth order of child and type of family (Patil, 2014;Sharma, 2019;Sidhu, 2016;Vinod, 2017), religion, number of children (Rajalakshmi & Kalavathi, 2017), number of days of hospitalisation, and maternal occupation have significantly associated with on mothers' stress (Reetha, 2020). Mothers had severe stress in the physiological domain, emotional domain and cognitive domain (Gurgani & Jogi, 2018;Reetha, 2020;Sidhu, 2016).…”

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Stress and stressors experienced by the parents of high‐risk neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit: Systematic review and meta‐analysis evidence available from India

Siva,

Phagdol,

S. Nayak

et al. 2023

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The aim of the systematic review and meta‐analysis is to determine the stress and stressors experienced by the parents of high‐risk neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in India. We included both quantitative and qualitative studies. The Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist and Critical Appraisal Skill Programme checklist were used to assess the quality of included studies. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, EBSCOhost, Web of Science, ProQuest, Microsoft Academic, DOAJ, Indian Citation Index, and J‐Gate to identify relevant studies. Additionally, online hand searching was performed on Indian websites of relevant institutions, women and child health departments, repositories, registries, and paediatric journals. Twelve of the 21 quantitative studies found that maternal stress was higher than fathers due to the separation from their babies and the medical condition of the neonate. One qualitative study reported that financial burden, alterations in the parenting role, and concern over domestic issues are significant causes of fathers' stress. A meta‐analysis of the included studies assessed the prevalence of maternal, paternal, and parental stress and reported that mothers experienced higher stress levels than fathers across all subscales. The most typical stressors for parents were changes in neonatal looks, behaviour, and altered parental roles. Beyond the immediate NICU care and interactions, other triggering factors of stress among parents must be considered to design multicomponent interventions in a local (Indian) context. Moreover, parental psychological support and regular counselling can be incorporated into the standard neonatal intensive care policy.

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Effect of Antenatal Betamethasone on Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Neonates

Louis

Naushad³

et al. 2022

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Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) is one of the most common complications that cause the death among pre-term neonates (PNs). Use of Antenatal betamethasone is the effective intervention for the prevention of RDS and reducing early neonatal mortality and morbidity. Although there is limited information as to how effective this practice in developing countries. Aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of betamethasone on RDS in PNs. We conducted a prospective, observational multi-centered study at Gynecology and Obstetrics, Neonatal department of two teaching hospitals in South India over a period of 6 months. All babies born alive before 37 weeks of gestation were included in the study. The study population included 70 PNs and they were classified into three based on the consumption of betamethasone (no dose, single dose and double dose). Among them, 28(40%) belonged to no dose, 25(35.7%) in single dose and 17(24.2) in double dose. Neonates whose mothers received two doses of betamethasone had a significantly lower incidence of RDS (P=0.043) than neonates whose mothers received a single dose of betamethasone (P=0.343). We concluded that a single complete course of betamethasone (Two doses of betamethasone 12mg 24 hours apart) is efficacious than one dose of betamethasone in prevention of RDS.

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A study to assess the level of stress and coping strategies among mothers of preterm infants admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at selected hospital, Puducherry.

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Stress and Coping Strategies among Mothers for Caring Premature Infant at Home

Stress and Coping Strategies among Mothers for Caring Premature Infant at Home

Stress and stressors experienced by the parents of high‐risk neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit: Systematic review and meta‐analysis evidence available from India

Effect of Antenatal Betamethasone on Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Neonates

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