When Baby Stops Breathing: Analysis of Mothers’ Interviews

Sudden unexplained infant death is responsible for 14% of Indiana’s infant mortality. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe mothers’ experiences when death of an infant occurred suddenly and unexpectedly. Field deputies or social workers interviewed mothers from central Indi...

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Published in:Clinical nursing research 2016-06, Vol.25 (3), p.310-324
Main Authors: Stiffler, Deborah, Cullen, Deborah, Stephenson, Evelyn, Luna, Gaye, Hartman, Taylor D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude to Death
Blame
Cause of Death
Death & dying
Emotions
Female
Humans
Indiana
Infant mortality
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Interviews
Interviews as Topic
Mortality
Mother-Child Relations - psychology
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Professional practice
Qualitative Research
Respiration
Social workers
Sudden death
Sudden Infant Death - etiology
Teams
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Summary:Sudden unexplained infant death is responsible for 14% of Indiana’s infant mortality. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe mothers’ experiences when death of an infant occurred suddenly and unexpectedly. Field deputies or social workers interviewed mothers from central Indiana during the child-death team investigations. The Thematic Analysis Program from the Joanna Briggs Institute was used to analyze interview data. Sixteen de-identified interview cases were extracted, and a meta-aggregate method was conducted. The three synthesized themes were Extreme Emotional Shock, We Feel Like We’re to Blame, and Working Toward Moving On. Understanding these phenomena from mothers’ experience may assist in eliminating risks associated with infant deaths and inform nursing practice and policy.
ISSN:1054-7738
1552-3799
DOI:10.1177/1054773815619580