Comparison of Mother Attachment Behaviors to Premature Neonate in Primiparity with Multiparity Women in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Selected Hospitals Related to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2019

Subject Areas : Journal of Family Centered Health Care

Mahsa  Mousavi ¹ (Community Health Research center ,Isfahan (khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)
Moloud  Aghdaki ² (Amin hospital ,Isfahan university of medical sciences , Isfahan , Iran)
Narges  Sadeghi ³ (Community Health Research Center, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)

Received: 2022-04-24 Accepted : 2022-07-19 Published : 2022-08-01

Keywords: mother, attachment behaviors, preterm infant, primyparity, multyparity,

Abstract :

Introduction: preterm infants after birth Needs care and hospitalization and separation the mother of the infant Causes attachment disorder between them. The present study was done with the aim of evaluating the difference of maternal attachment behaviors in preterm infants in primiparous and multiparous women in neonatal intensive care unit in selected hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2019.Method: In this descriptive comparative study, 100 mother with Hospitalized premature infants were studied in two equal groups of primiparous and multiparous women. The data collection tool included the standard Avant checklist and demographic information form. Attachment behaviors in two groups during communication of mother with preterm infant were evaluated and compared using Avant Checklist. Data analysis was done by SPSS version 22 software.Results: The findings of this study showed in the primiparous and multiparous women, the highest average attachment was in emotional domain and the lowest average was in attachment domain. The mean attachment score was not significantly different between the two groups, but the mean attachment score in the two groups was lower than the mean of the Avant Checklist.Conclusion: The results showed that the mean of Mother to infant attachment in two groups was not significant, but in both groups, the mean attachment was lower than the mean checklist of Avant and Necessary measures should be considered to promote attachment in both groups.

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