Mothers’ feelings and behaviors toward their infants in the NICU : A literature review: focusing on infants’ condition as they are shifted from an incubator to a cot for newborns

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  • NICU 入院中児の母親の対児感情と言動の文献レビュー : 新生児コット移床前後の時期に着目して

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This literature review aims to clarify mothers’ feelings and behaviors toward their infants in the NICU and, the characteristic feelings and behaviors of mothers when the infants are shifted from the incubator to a cot for newborns. A total of 17 papers on mothers whose infants were admitted in the NICU to receive intensive support from medical professionals were analyzed. The present study shows that mothers experience negative feelings such as “fear”, and “remorse”, and positive feelings such as considering the infant “adorable”, and “treasure”. On analysis, mothers’ feelings toward infants in the NICU and the changes in their feelings over time were divided into five classes: “role of a mother,” “childbirth experience,” “mother’s thoughts and behaviors toward the infant,” “mother-infant separation” and “environment in the NICU and medical care received.” Over time and with the shifting of infants from the incubator to a cot for newborns, mothers’ negative feelings and behaviors decreased. The results indicate that nurses must understand the characteristic feelings and behaviors of mothers toward their infants when they are shifted from the incubator to a cot for newborns. The results also suggest the importance of building reliability in mothers, providing opportunities for mothers to discuss their anxieties and explore their feelings, and offering individualized care to mothers in the NICU.

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