TY - JOUR AU - Shrestha, Tumla AU - Pandey Bista, Archana PY - 2022/11/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Experience of Mothers towards Hospitalization of Preterm Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units JF - Journal of Health and Allied Sciences JA - jhas VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - ORIGINAL ARTICLES DO - 10.37107/jhas.273 UR - https://www.jhas.org.np/jhas/index.php/jhas/article/view/273 SP - 1-6 AB - <p>Introduction: Hospitalization of the preterm infant (PTI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a stressful situation&nbsp;for mothers requiring nurses’ care and support for adjustment and coping. Understanding mothers’ experience is valuable&nbsp;for enhancing care and support for them. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore mothers’ experience regarding&nbsp;hospitalization of PTIs in NICUs.</p><p>Methods: The qualitative pilot study was conducted among purposively selected 5 mothers of NICU admitted PTIs in a&nbsp;public academic hospital of Bagmati province from May to July 2019. After obtaining ethical approval, in-depth interviews&nbsp;were conducted using interview guideline. The data were analyzed using the content analysis method.</p><p>Results: Exploration of mothers’ experience has identified 4 themes: worry and uncertainty regarding the condition and&nbsp;outcome of the PTIs; altered attachment and maternal roles; attachment, and care enabling with care involvement; mixed&nbsp;experience of care, and support.</p><p>Conclusion: Hospitalization of PTIs in NICUs was distressing to mothers related to inadequate and altered attachment, and maternal roles. They experienced mother-infant attachment, contentment, and care enabling with involvement in&nbsp;PTI care. They valued nurses’ PTI care and care guidance and expected more guidance, communication, and emotional&nbsp;support. Considering study findings might be worthwhile for enhancing care status in NICUs.</p> ER -