The effect of participation in the oral-pharyngeal administration of colostrum on the anxiety of mothers of premature babies hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. Other stressful life events affecting family and household
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Ages 18 years and above Willingness to breastfeed Understanding and speaking ability in Persian language Willing to manually express milk or use of a manual or electric breast pump in the first 24 hours after delivery mother's presence in the hospital during the study period Gestational age less than 32 weeks or birth weight less than 1500 grams Being NPO for infant Stable vital signs for infant
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Mother's suffering from psychological disorders requiring medication based on mother's self-report History of drug and psychoactive abuse Surgery or breast problems such as abscess, inverted nipple, mastitis or cancer Having diseases contrary to breastfeeding such as AIDS, active pulmonary tuberculosis Occurrence of stressful events during the study period Hospitalization of the mother after delivery in departments other than postpartum No grade 3 and 4 intraventricular hemorrhage Absence of pH less than 6 in the fifth minute after birth Absence of abnormalities in the infant based on medical records
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maternal anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: State Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Iran University of Medical Sciences