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[Pilot study on stress and resilience in families with premature newborns]

A Escartí1, N Boronat2, R Llopis3

  • 1Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultat de Psicología, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, España.

Anales De Pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003)
|April 14, 2015
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Prematurity significantly impacts family functioning, increasing parental stress and reducing resilience in parents of preterm infants. These findings highlight prematurity as a risk factor for family dysfunction.

Area of Science:

  • Neonatal care
  • Family psychology
  • Developmental pediatrics

Background:

  • Prematurity presents significant clinical challenges and outcome uncertainties, creating a stressful environment for families.
  • These stressful circumstances can negatively affect overall family functioning and well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate risk and protection factors influencing family functioning.
  • To compare family functioning in parents of preterm infants versus healthy term infants.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited preterm infants (n=40) and healthy term infants (n=31) at 24 months post-conception age.
  • Parents completed the Inventory of Family Protection Factors and Parental Stress scales.
  • Statistical analysis included Student t test, ANOVA, and Tukey test for group comparisons.

Main Results:

  • Parents of healthy term infants reported higher overall family functioning scores compared to parents of preterm infants.
  • Parents of preterm infants with pathological conditions reported significantly lower family resilience.
  • Parents of preterm infants with pathological conditions experienced significantly higher parental stress related to child-rearing.

Conclusions:

  • Prematurity is identified as a risk factor for family dysfunction.
  • Elevated parental stress and challenges in developing protective factors like resilience are key consequences of prematurity.
  • Interventions supporting parental resilience and stress reduction are crucial for families with preterm infants.
Abstract

Keywords:
Estrés parentalFactores de protecciónFamiliaFamilyHospitalizaciónHospitalizationParental stressPrematuridadPrematurityProtection factorsRecompensaResilienceResilienciaReward

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