Stress, Anxiety and Depression of mothers of premature infants. Mental and behavioural disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for infants:Gestational age of 28 to 35 weeks, birth weight of less than 2500 g, being a single infant and lack of congenital malformations Inclusion criteria for mothers: Age more than 18 years, literacy, predominance in Persian language, not having an infant hospitalized in NICU before, lack of the experience of taking care of a premature infant, lack of a physical illness disturbing daily activities and lack of obvious neurological and psychiatric problems leading to take medicine.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Stress , Anxiety and Depression. Timepoint: Before intervention , four days after the beginning of the intervention and during the hospital discharge after the last stage of intervention. Method of measurement: DASS-21 scale of stress, anxiety and depression. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Guilan University of Medical Sciences