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- Title
Anxiety of mothers of newborns with congenital malformations in the pre- and postnatal periods.
- Authors
Chaves Fontoura, Fabíola; Moreira Leitão Cardoso, Maria Vera Lúcia; Esmeraldo Rodrigues, Sofia; de Almeida, Paulo César; Brandão Carvalho, Liliane
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the anxiety level of the mothers of newborns with congenital malformations who were diagnosed in prenatal and postnatal care. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 115 mothers of 117 newborns with congenital malformation admitted to three neonatal units. A questionnaire containing maternal and neonatal variables was used, as well as the Trait-State Anxiety Inventory. Data were analyzed by Student's t-test and Kolmogorov-Sminorv test. The anxiety level was categorized as low (percentile <25), moderate (25-75) and high (> 75), with a significance level of 5%. Results: most mothers had moderate levels of anxiety. Regarding the diagnosis of the malformation, 57% received the news in the prenatal and 43% in the postnatal period. The anxiety level of those who received the prenatal diagnosis was lower than those who received in the postnatal period, evaluated by the Trait Anxiety Inventory (p = 0.026). Conclusion: mothers of newborns with malformations presented moderate anxiety, and this was higher when the diagnosis was given in the postnatal period. The use of the Trait-State Anxiety Inventory can provide guidance to other studies and to clinical practice.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of neonatal diseases; ANXIETY; COMPARATIVE studies; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; NEONATAL intensive care; PRENATAL diagnosis; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL sampling; T-test (Statistics); QUANTITATIVE research; NEONATAL intensive care units; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TERTIARY care
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2018, Vol 26, p1
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1518-8345.2482.3080