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Uncertainty Associated to Parents of Preterm Infants Hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Luis Álvaro Bolívar Montes1, Amparo Montalvo Prieto2
1Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia, lbolivarm1@unicartagena.edu.co.
Objective:
This work sought to determine the factors associated to uncertainty in parents of preterm newborns hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units (NICU).
Methods:
This was a cross-sectional analytic study with 117 parents (79 mothers and 38 fathers) of preterm newborns hospitalized in three NICUs of Cartagena (Colombia). Sociodemographic information was included; the biophysical profile of the preterm infant (PTI) and the results from the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale.
Results:
A high level of uncertainty was found in 49.3% of the mothers and 52.6% of the fathers. The OR lower limits the variables of the parents that were associated to uncertainty were: OR = 2.5 not having a partner and OR = 2.3 having secondary education, plan OR = 2.8 belonging to socioeconomic levels 1 and 2. In the PTI variables, the following were related to uncertainty: weight <1500 gr and mechanical ventilation care, with lower limits of the OR of 1.9 and 1.3, respectively.
Conclusion:
Nurses must incorporate in the care plan the evaluation and intervention of uncertainty in fathers and mothers of PTIs hospitalized in NICU.
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