Parents perceptions of stress in a neonatal intensive care unit in Rwanda
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Title | Parents perceptions of stress in a neonatal intensive care unit in Rwanda | |
Creator | Musabirema, Priscille Brysiewicz, Petra Chipps, Jennifer | |
Description | Background: Having a newborn infant hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is an unexpected and stressful event for a family. A number of potential stressors to which family members of patients in these units may be exposed have been identified, although no studies about this issue have been conducted in Rwanda.Aim: The aim of this study was to describe and analyse parental perception of stress that resulted from having their infant admitted to a NICU in Kigali, Rwanda.Method: A quantitative survey was used to describe and analyse parents’ perceptions of stress when they had an infant admitted to a NICU. The Parental Stress Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was used to measure the level of stress that those parents experienced.Results: The results indicated that parents experienced stress from having their infants cared for in a NICU. The most stressful events were the appearance and behaviour of the baby with a mean score of 4.02, whilst the subscale items related to sights and sounds were found to be the least significant source of stress for parents with a mean score of 2.51. In addition, the current study found that parents’ age, educational level, occupation, and infant birth weight were associated with parental stress.Conclusion: The study established that a range of factors was responsible for parental stress when a baby was cared for in a NICU. Identification of these factors could enable health professionals from a hospital in Kigali, Rwanda, to facilitate parents’ adjusting and coping. | |
Publisher | AOSIS | |
Date | 2015-12-03 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/curationis.v38i2.1499 | |
Source | Curationis; Vol 38, No 2 (2015); 8 pages 2223-6279 0379-8577 | |
Language | eng | |
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