Hospitalizations in neonatal intensive care unit at Mahajanga: impacts on parents

Authors

  • Henintsoa N. Raveloharimino Department of Medicine, University Mahajanga, Madagascar
  • Safidisoa N. Razanamanana Department of Medicine, University Mahajanga, Madagascar
  • Lovasoa R. Randriamanga Department of Medicine, University Mahajanga, Madagascar
  • N. G. Rasamimanana Department of Medicine, University Mahajanga, Madagascar
  • Eudino J. Vonindrazana Department of Medicine, University Mahajanga, Madagascar
  • Norotiana H. Rabesandratana Department of Medicine, University Mahajanga, Madagascar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20204866

Keywords:

Intensive care unit, Newborn, Parents, Psychosomatic impact

Abstract

Background: Experiencing a birth with a pathology imposes on parents a lot of frustration. Objectives of this study were to describe the general profiles of newborns and to describe the hospitalization’s psychosomatic impact on parents; in intensive care unit of the neonatalogy ward at the mother-child complex at the university Hospital Androva Mahajanga Madagascar.

Methods: It was prospective descriptive study, by a survey of parents, among 3 months, from 01st May to 31th July.

Results: Were included 102 newborns. Mains reasons of admission are low birth weigth (51.9%), prematurity (42.1%) and perinatal asphyxia (23.5%). One hundred mothers and 90 fathers had answered our survey. Sleep distturance (all parents), negative feelings (70% of fathers and 75% of mothers), depressed mood (52.2% of fathers and 78% of mothers) and guilt (25.5% of fathers and 58% of mothers) were the most prominent psycological manifestations among parents; then somatic manifestations as digestive, cardiovascular type; weight loss was objectified on 33% of fathers.

Conclusions: Newborns’s hospitalization is a difficult situation for parents. Caregivers have an important role in enabling the family to build up.

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2020-10-28

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Raveloharimino, H. N., Razanamanana, S. N., Randriamanga, L. R., Rasamimanana, N. G., Vonindrazana, E. J., & Rabesandratana, N. H. (2020). Hospitalizations in neonatal intensive care unit at Mahajanga: impacts on parents. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 8(11), 3832–3836. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20204866

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