A comparison of parent and staff perceptions of setting-specific and everyday stressors encountered by parents with very preterm infants experiencing neonatal intensive care

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 549-555

  Pritchard, Verena E ^a,b   Montgomery Hönger, Argène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External stressors; Maternal; Nursing staff; Parental stress; Paternal; PSS: NICU; Very preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; FATHER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PARENT; PATERNAL AGE; PERCEPTION; PREMATURITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SINGLE PARENT; SOUND; STRESS; DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NURSES; PARENTS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922329470     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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