Examining the Relationship between the Perception of Traumatic Birth and the Perceived Social Support of Mothers Whose Babies Are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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Mother, Newborn, Perception of Birth, Social Support, Traumatic BirthAbstract
Objective: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between traumatic birth perceptions and perceived social support of mothers whose babies were in the intensive care unit.
Methods: The research is descriptive and cross-sectional and was conducted between 15 August 2022 and 15 June 2023 with the participation of 250 mothers whose babies were in the intensive care unit. A survey form to determine the socio-demographic and descriptive characteristics of mothers, the Traumatic Birth Perception Scale (TBPS) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were used as data collection tools. In evaluating the data, t-test and One Way Anova analysis, which are parametric tests, were used. The relationship between the scales was examined with Pearson correlation analysis. The statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05.
Results: The mean TBPS score of the mothers participating in the study was calculated as 62.16±30.04, the mean score of the MSPSS subscale was 58.35±18.51, the mean score of the MSPSS family subscale was 20.20±6.65, the mean score of the friends subscale was 18.35±6.73, and the mean score of the special person subscale was 19.79±6.54. It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between the women's pregnancy status (primiparous/multiparous) and the mean TDAS score (p<0.05). A statistical difference was found in terms of the mothers' educational, working and pregnancy planning status and the average MSPSS score (p<0.05 for each). In the study, it was found that there was a negative, weakly significant relationship between the MSPSS and TDAS score averages (r=-0.130, p=0.040).
Conclusion: In this study, it was understood that as the level of social support perceived by mothers increased, the level of perception of birth as traumatic decreased. Additionally, it was found that primiparous mothers had a higher perception of traumatic birth than multiparous mothers. It was found that the social support perceived by mothers with a higher education level, working and planned pregnancy was higher.
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