Efficacy of Expressive Writing in Mothers of Hospitalized Preterm Infants
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Posttraumatic stress
研究概览
简要总结
Premature birth can lead the mother to lose control of herself, and be a contributor to the psychological stress experienced due to the sudden breakdown of the interaction with her infant because of hospitalization in a neonatal care unit. This is a mixed method study, the aim is establish the effectiveness of expressive writing in the experience of mothers of hospitalized preterm infants. The intervention Expressive writing therapy could contribute to reduce the level of stress and anxiety, improving coping and the mother's interaction with her infant.
详细描述
Background: The literature has shown the application of expressive writing therapy after traumatic events, and the measurement of its impact on people´s health through the application of quantitative instruments. However, no studies have been carried out in which this therapeutic activity has been measured with quantitative methods and at the same moment, to measure the experience using qualitative analysis that allows to understand in depth the human experience. Expressive writing therapy could contribute to reducing the level of stress and anxiety, improving coping and the interaction of the mother with her premature newborn (PNTBs). In this sense, it is necessary to have a scientific research in this area, from a qualitative-quantitative approach allows demonstrating the reach of positive effects in the emotional health status of mothers with PTNBs hospitalized in a neonatal care unit (NICU).
General purpose: To establish the effectiveness of expressive writing in the experience of mothers of hospitalized preterm infants.
Specific objectives:
- Establish the coping capacity of the mothers of the premature Infants before and after the intervention.
- Determine the level of post-traumatic stress of the mothers of the premature Infants before and after the intervention.
- Establish the performance of the maternal role of the mothers of the premature Infants before and after the intervention.
- Describe how mothers of RNPT experience the experience of having their child hospitalized
- Understand the meaning of the mother's experience in the transition to the maternal role of a premature
Design: Mixed study, where the quantitative and qualitative method is used. Which allows to combine the two paradigms to approach in a more integral way to the research problematic. In this sense, the research will be strengthened, to be able to incorporate data from the writing of the participants to give greater meaning to the numerical data. From the quantitative is an experimental study type controlled clinical trial. From the qualitative, it will be interpretative phenomenological; philosophical methodology that allows to discover and understand the meaning of human experience around a phenomenon.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
盲法说明
random allocation of the mother to the control or intervention group
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 49 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Mothers with:
- •Age of 14 or more years old
- •Preterm newborns with a gestational age of less than 34 weeks
- •Preterm newborns who are hospitalized in the NICU of the third level Hospital of Santander
- •Preterm newborns alive at the time of assignment to the control group or intervention group
- •The time of hospitalization of the newborn must be at least one week at the hospital.
- •Nursing Diagnosis Readiness for enhanced parenting (00164)
排除标准
- •Limitations as hearing, motor and / or mental disability measured through the minimenta test.
- •Active consumption of psychoactive substances
- •Mothers who can not read or write,
- •Mothers of newborns with a confirmed diagnosis of severe diseases like congenital malformations.
结局指标
主要结局
Posttraumatic stress
时间窗: fifth day
Decreased of stress in mothers. It will be measure using the Postnatal Perinatal Stress Scale, a 14-item questionnaire that examines maternal perinatal post-traumatic stress symptoms specific to childbirth. The scores range between 0 and 14; but a score of 6 would qualify for a diagnosis of PTSD
次要结局
- Coping and adaptation(fifth day)
研究者
Martha Isabel Camargo
Associate Nursing Professor
Universidad Industrial de Santander