Influence of NICU co-care facilities and skin-to-skin contact on maternal stress in mothers of preterm infants

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 107-112

  Flacking, R ^a,b,c   Thomson, G ^a   Ekenberg, L ^a   Lowegren L ^a   Wallin, L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Co care; Mother; Neonatal intensive care unit; Parental stress; Preterm infant; Skin to skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL INCUBATOR; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKIN; SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT; SWEDEN; SWEDISH PARENTAL STRESS QUESTIONNAIRE;

CO-CARE; MOTHER; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PARENTAL STRESS; PRETERM INFANT; SKIN TO SKIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROOMING-IN CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883752819     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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