Abstract

BASEGGIO, Denice Bortolin et al. Mothers and premature infants experiences during neonatal hospitalization. Temas psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.25, n.1, pp. 153-167. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2017.1-10.

The significant increase in births of premature babies in Brazil, the leading cause of death up to 28 days old baby, has worried the different health professionals. Given this reality it was investigated how mothers and premature babies experience the hospitalization in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a hospital interior of Rio Grande do Sul This is a qualitative research design with case studies multiple. Three premature babies born under 37 weeks and weighing less than 2,500 kg weight, of both genders, who required to remain in attendance at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) between the first month of life, and their mothers participated. The instruments were semi-structured interview; medical records of babies and observation of double sessions. From the collected data was constructed medical history of the baby. Each case was analyzed individually from seven guiding principles, were then compared, from the methodological premise of Synthesis Affairs Crusaders. It was found that the experiences of hospitalization of the mother and baby in a NICU impairs the separation of the mother-infant dyad and the feelings experienced by mothers.

Keywords : Baby; prematurity; Neonatology; mother-baby bond; Clinical Psychology.

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