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MONTANHAUR, Carolina Daniel; RODRIGUES, Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim  e  ARENALES, Nadja Guazzi. Maternal emotional health and length of hospital stay. Aletheia [online]. 2021, vol.54, n.1, pp. 55-63. ISSN 1413-0394.  http://dx.doi.org/DOI10.29327/226091.54.1-6.

ABSTRACT The present study aimed to describe the emotional health indicators of mothers of hospitalized infants, considering the length of hospital stay in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Fifty mothers of babies who were admitted to the NICU of the Maternidade Santa Isabel, in Bauru, SP, participated. To characterize the sample, a sociodemographic questionnaire was used with information about mothers and babies. For the evaluation of maternal emotional health, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), the Trait-State Anxiety Inventory (IDATE) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) were used. Mothers responded to the instruments in their rooms or ICU facilities. The results pointed to higher rates of stress (38%), trait anxiety (54%) and state anxiety (64%). Of the mothers, 56% had two or more clinical indicators of emotional health. The longer the hospitalization time the greater the depression and the anxiety state. The results suggest therapeutic attention to the mothers of infants in NICUs.

Palavras-chave : Maternal emotional health; Length of hospital stay; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

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