Post-traumatic growth in parents after infants%26apos; neonatal intensive care unit hospitalisation

作者：Aftyka Anna; Rozalska Walaszek Ilona; Rosa Wojciech; Rybojad Beata; Karakula Juchnowicz Hanna

来源：Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2017, 26(5-6): 727-734.

DOI：10.1111/jocn.13518

• neonatal intensive care unit
• post-traumatic growth
• post-traumatic stress disorder
• traumatic stress

Aims and objectivesTo determine the incidence and severity of post-traumatic growth in a group of parents of children hospitalised in the intensive care unit in the past.
BackgroundA premature birth or a birth with life-threatening conditions is a traumatic event for the parents and may lead to a number of changes, some of which are positive, known as post-traumatic growth.
MethodThe survey covered 106 parents of 67 infants aged 3-12months. An original questionnaire and standardised research tools were used in the study: Impact Event Scale - Revised, Perceived Stress Scale, COPE Inventory: Positive Reinterpretation and Growth, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, Post-traumatic Growth Inventory and Parent and Infant Characteristic Questionnaire.
ResultsDue to a stepwise backward variables selection, we found three main factors that explain post-traumatic growth: post-traumatic stress symptoms, positive reinterpretation and growth and dichotomic variable infants' survival. This model explained 29% of the post-traumatic growth variation. Similar models that were considered separately for mothers and fathers showed no significantly better properties.
ConclusionPost-traumatic growth was related to a lesser extent to sociodemographic variables or the stressor itself, and related to a far greater extent to psychological factors.
Relevance to clinical practiceOur study highlights the fact that post-traumatic growth in the parents of neonates hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care units remains under-evaluated.

• 出版日期2017-3