Journal of Holistic Nursing And Midwifery
مجله پرستاری و مامایی جامع نگر
JHNM
Literature & Humanities
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Relationship between Social Support and Parents' Satisfaction with Medical Care Provided to their Premature Infants
تخصصي
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<strong>Abstract: </strong><br>
<strong>Introduction:</strong> Premature birth is highly stressful for parents. Nursing support is crucial for premature infants. Parental satisfaction is a vital indicator of the quality of care provided by nurses. Therefore, determining the factors related to parental satisfaction is important in nursing care.<span dir="RTL"></span><br>
<strong>Objective:</strong> This study aims to investigate the relationship between social support and parents' satisfaction with the medical care provided to their premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs).<br>
<strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This is an analytical/correlational study. Participants were 130 parents of premature infants admitted to the NICUs in three hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. They were selected based on a convenience sampling method. Tarkka’s Social Support Questionnaires and the Neonatal Index of Parent Satisfaction were used for collecting data. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and T-test, Chi-square test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test.<br>
<strong>Results: </strong>It was reported that 55.38% of the infants were females, with a mean birth weight of 1880.97± 544.85 gr and a mean gestational age of 32.07±2.41 weeks. The mean age of their mothers and fathers was 31.25±5.12 and 35.03±5.66 years, respectively. The highest level of social support in mothers and fathers was related to emotional support (3.65±0.69 in mothers and 3.29±0.57 in fathers), while the lowest level of social support was related to concrete support (3.32±0.80 in mothers and 3.16±0.65 in fathers). Mothers perceived higher social support than fathers. They also had more satisfaction with medical care (3.88±0.81 in mothers and 3.63±0.69 in fathers). There was a significant relationship between social support and parental satisfaction (r=0.791, P<0.05).<br>
<strong>Conclusion</strong>: Parents of premature infants need more social support, especially concrete aid. Therefore, planning to promote social support of parents, especially fathers, by nurses in the NICUs seems necessary.<br>
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Premature infants, Social support, Parental satisfaction
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Mona
Mohtashami
mohtashami@shmu.ac.ir
0000-0002-1559-787X
Yes
Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Allied Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
Zahra
Ahmadi
0000-0001-5082-6343
No
Instructor, Department of Community Health Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Malihe
Imeni
0000-0003-0240-1433
No
Instructor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
Malihe
Amerian
0000-0002-8753-486X
No
Instructor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
Marzieh
Faghani Aghoozi
0000-0001-7916-5884
No
Instructor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran