Mothers' Perceptions of Quality of Family-Centered Care and Environmental Stressors in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Predictors of and Relationships with Psycho-emotional Outcomes and Postpartum Attachment.

Objectives: Maternal attachment to promote role development in mothers of preterm infants is critical for babies' optimal growth and development. However, few models specify how neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and their environments work to foster postpartum attachment (PPA) after preterm birt...

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Published in:Maternal & Child Health Journal Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 601 - 612
Main Authors: Kim, Ah Rim, Tak, Young Ran, Shin, Yong Soon, Yun, E. Hwa, Park, Hyun-Kyung, Lee, Hyun Ju
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Published: Springer Nature May2020
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          Kim, Ah Rim
          Tak, Young Ran
          Shin, Yong Soon
          Yun, E. Hwa
          Park, Hyun-Kyung
          Lee, Hyun Ju
        affil: School of Nursing & The Graduate School of Information and Clinical Nursing, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, 04763, Seoul, South Korea
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          Mothers Psychosocial Factors
          Quality of Health Care
          Family Centered Care
          Health Facility Environment
          Stress, Psychological
          Parent-Infant Bonding
          Postnatal Period
          Childbirth, Premature
          Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
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          Emotions
          Maternal Attitudes
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          Self Concept
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          Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
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          Infant, Hospitalized
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      ab: Objectives: Maternal attachment to promote role development in mothers of preterm infants is critical for babies' optimal growth and development. However, few models specify how neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and their environments work to foster postpartum attachment (PPA) after preterm birth. We investigated relationships of quality of family-centered care and NICU environmental stressors with maternal PPA, to determine whether these are mediated by mothers' psycho-emotional response and whether pathways to PPA are moderated by developmental immaturity (gestation, birthweight). Methods: A cross-sectional study using structural equation modeling was conducted on 294 mothers of premature infants with experience in NICUs in over 49 tertiary hospitals in 12 cities or provinces of South Korea. Data were collected using Korean versions of instruments including the Quality of Family-centered Care, Parental Stressor Scale: NICU, and Maternal Postpartum Attachment Scale. Results: Maternal self-representation was a key predictor of PPA (β =.68), accounting for 42.2% of variance. Multi-group analysis indicated that NICU environmental stressor sensitivity (β =.26) and maternal self-representation (β =.67) were predictive of PPA in mothers of moderately preterm and low birthweight (32–36 weeks' gestation, 1500–2499 g birthweight) infants. Quality of family-centered developmental care (β =.11) and NICU environmental stressor sensitivity (β = −.16) had significant indirect effects on PPA through psycho-emotional responses. Conclusions for Practice: Healthcare professionals should be aware of the importance of family-centered interventions focusing on psychosocial support and family participation in baby care, based on their environmental role in promoting PPA.
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