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| Author(s): |
Flavia Helena Pereira Padovani
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2005-10-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares;
Geraldo Duarte;
Sonia Regina Pasian Ferreira;
Sonia Regina Loureiro;
Gimol Benzaquen Perosa
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| Advisor: | Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares |
| Abstract | |
The aim of the present study was: a) to assess the indicators of anxiety, dysphoria and depression in a group of mothers of very low birthweight preterm neonates (GPT) and to compare these indicators with the ones of one group of mothers of fullterm neonates (GFT); b) to compare indicators of anxiety, dysphoria and depression of mothers of very low birthweight preterm neoantes that were assessed in two distinct moments, during the period of hospitalization and after their hospital discharge; c) to compare the verbal contents about the baby, the breastfeeding and the maternity that were expressed by the group of mothers of very low birthweight preterm neoantes and by the group of mothers of fullterm ones. The GPT was constituted by 50 mothers of neoantes that were born preterm and with very low birthweight (?1,500 grams), while the GFT was constituted by 25 mothers of neoantes that were born fullterm with birthweight equal or more than 2,500 grams. It was used the following instruments and materials: Structured Clinical Interview for DSM III-R Non-Patient (SCID/NP), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (IDATE), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Interview Profile, Vital Events Scale and medical chart. First, it was administrated the SCID/NP to identify the mothers with psychiatric background, which were excluded from the final sample. After this, for the GPT, it was realized two sessions, during the hospitalization period of the baby (1st assessment): in the first one, it was administrated the Interview Profile and the Vital Events Scale, and in the second one, it was administrated the instruments IDATE and BDI. After the hospital discharge of the baby, it was realized one more session with the GPT for the re-administration of IDATE and of BDI (2nd assessment). For the GFT, the assessment instruments were administrated in only one session, in the first days of the baby?s life. In relation to the data analyses, the assessment instruments of anxiety, dysphoria/depression were corrected according to the tests? norms and it was realized the comparative analyses between groups (GFT X GPT) and within groups (GPT ? 1st assessment X GPT ? 2nd assessment). The maternal answers to the Profile Interview were submitted to the thematic content analyses and were quantified in terms of frequency and percentage. The results indicated incidence of 32% of the mothers of the GPT and 4% of the mothers of the GFT with scores that indicate clinical symptoms of anxiety-state type. The comparative analyses between groups showed statistically significant differences between these incidences; in the GPT there were significantly more mothers with clinical symptoms of anxiety-state than in the GFT (p=0,006). After the babies? hospital discharge, there was a statistically significant reduction in the number of mothers of the GPT with clinical symptoms of anxiety-state (1st assessment = 35%; 2nd assessment = 12%; p = 0,006). In relation to the maternal verbal contents that were expressed by GPT and GFT, it was verified that, in the topic about questions that are related to the baby, 12% of the mothers of the GPT verbalized about maternal feelings and reactions, focused, predominantly on negative emotions, while just 1% of the GFT presented this kind of verbalization. In the topic about breastfeeding, the GPT expressed more preoccupation and doubts related to breastfeeding (46%) than the mothers of the GFT (4%), these related principally to the fact of drying the maternal milk, finishing the milk or not being enough to satisfy the baby. In the topic about maternity, though, both groups presented similar verbal contents, predominating the identification of several factors that have influence in maternity (GPT = 41%; GFT = 47%). The findings suggest the necessity of assessing indicators of anxiety and dysphoria/depression in mothers of preterm and very low birthweight infants, that are admitted in the ICU, with the objective of subsiding decisions about the psychological support that is offered to the mothers to the emotional regulation, during the period of baby?s hospital admission. (AU) | |