Assessment of Maternal stress level associated with neonatal Intensive care admission

Abstract

others suffer significantly high stress levels when their babies need NICU admission. NICU physical environment and alteration in parental role are the main sources of stress. When analyzing the relationship of maternal stress level with different infant and mother characteristics, the stress level affected with these variables or not. Aim of the work to determine the stress levels among mothers of babies admitted in NICU and to identify demographic parameters that influence their stress levels using PSS: NICU questionnaire. For that purpose, we included 152 mothers of neonates in nonprobability convenience sample admitted in NICU in kafr-elzayat general hospital from December 2018 to November 2019. The results showed that there was moderate maternal stress level score, with highest mean level maternal stress score is parental role alteration subclass, followed by baby's behavior and appearance subclass and the lowest stress level in subclass sights and sounds.