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A study to assess the level of stress among mothers of neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at selected hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal
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Payel Chatterjee, Ratna Biswas
Abstract
Findings revealed that 79.6%,11%, 9.4% mothers
had moderate stress, low stress and high stress level respectively in Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit. In the domain of “Sights and sounds” 90.6% and 9.4%
mothers had moderate stress and high stress respectively. In the “Baby’s look,
behave and treatment in NICU”,85.7%, 9.4% and 4.9% mothers had moderate, high
and low stress level respectively. In the “Relationship with baby and parenting
role”, 75.9%,13.5%,10.6% had moderate, high, low stress level respectively. In
the “Staff behaviour and communication”, 82.4%,13.5%,4.1% had moderate, high
and low stress level. In overall stress experience 98.8%, 1.2% had moderate and
high stress level respectively. The study showed that there was significance
association between level of stress of mothers and occupation of mothers of
neonates [ꭕ2 (df 6) = 12.59] at 0.05 level of significance. There
was significance association between level of stress of mothers and age of
neonates [ꭕ2 (df 4) =9.49] at 0.05 level of significance and level
of stress is associated with diagnosis of neonates [ꭕ2 (df 8) =
15.51] at 0.05 level of significance and level of stress is associated with
gestational age of neonates at the time of delivery [ꭕ2 (df 2) =
5.99]at 0.05 level of significance.
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Pages:20-30
How to cite this article:
Payel Chatterjee, Ratna Biswas "A study to assess the level of stress among mothers of neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at selected hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal". International Journal of Nursing and Health Research, Vol 7, Issue 1, 2025, Pages 20-30
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