Stress in the Mothers of Infants with Congenital Gastrointestinal Anomalies
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Mahnaz Jabraeili1, Mohammad Arshadi2, Hossein Namdar3, Morteza Ghojazadeh4, Zeynab Jafarpour5*, Fatemeh Najafi 6
Abstract
Background and objective: Hospitalization of the infants with anomaly for surgery is considered as a big stress for the mothers and family; so that, such stress affects the mother-infant interaction. In order to reduce the stress of mothers, the nurses have a significant responsibility. Thus, the present study is aimed to determine the level of stress in the mothers of the infants with congenital gastrointestinal anomalies hospitalized in the neonatal unit.
Method: The present study is a cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study. This study was conducted on 120 mothers whose infants had undergone surgery due to congenital gastrointestinal anomalies and had been hospitalized between June to November 2015 in the neonatal unit and neonatal intensive care unit in Tabriz. Data collection was performed using the Berry & Jones Stress Tool. The analysis of the obtained data was done by SPSS13 software using descriptive and inferential statistics methods, at the significance level of less than 0.05.
Findings: In this study, the mothers’ stress level (60/84) was obtained higher than the average score (54). Results showed that the mothers’ stress level in least score (Strongly disagree) related to (If I had it to do over again, I might decide not to have child) with (31/7%) and then (Having child has been a financial burden) with (24/2%) and in most score (Strongly agree) related to (I enjoy spending time with my child) with (66/7%) and (I enjoy spending time with my child) with (61/7%).
Conclusion: Based on the results, mothers of the infants with congenital gastrointestinal anomalies experience high level of stress, it is suggested that the nurses working in neonatal units take an effective step to reduce the mothers’ stress by taking into account their feelings and remove their concerns. It is also recommended that the nurses consider the family center care in their care plans by participating mothers in caring the infants to reduce the mothers’ stress level.
