Impact of bed side communication with fathers on their anxiety about newborn

This study assessed the impact of bedside communication with fathers (N = 100) on their anxiety about sick neonates admitted in SCNU. The control group consisted of fathers of 100 sick babies communicated outside the unit. Anxiety was measured in both the groups on day 1 (at admission) and day 7, by...

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Published in:Indian pediatrics 2003-08, Vol.40 (8), p.772-775
Main Authors: SINGH, Harmesh, SINGH, Daljit, POONI, Puneet A, SONI, R. K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - etiology
Biological and medical sciences
Communication
Fathers - psychology
General aspects
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Male
Medical sciences
Professional-Family Relations
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Summary:This study assessed the impact of bedside communication with fathers (N = 100) on their anxiety about sick neonates admitted in SCNU. The control group consisted of fathers of 100 sick babies communicated outside the unit. Anxiety was measured in both the groups on day 1 (at admission) and day 7, by using 5 point Likert Scale. At the time of admission there was no difference in the level of anxiety between the study group and controls (p >0.05; Mann Whitney test). There was a statistically significant difference (p
ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559