Open AccessA Mixed Method research on experience of stress among mothers of children admitted in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of gynecology and reproductive medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-2842
DOI - 10.33140/jgrm.03.02.03
Subject(s) - qualitative research , data collection , stress (linguistics) , neonatal intensive care unit , medicine , qualitative property , psychology , stressor , unit (ring theory) , nursing , clinical psychology , family medicine , pediatrics , social science , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics education , machine learning , sociology , computer science , statistics , mathematics
The aim of the study was to assess and explore the stress experienced in the form of stress levelsand various themes derived from the qualitative interviews of mothers of children admitted in pediatric IntensiveCare Unit (PICU).Materials and Methods: A Mixed approach i.e. gathering data from mothers of children admitted in PICU in bothquantitative and qualitative way was adopted to assess and explore the level of stress experienced by mothersof children admitted in pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of Govt. Hospital Anantnag Jammu & Kashmir.Quantitative assessment will help to identify the level of stress and qualitative findings on the other hand will helpthe investigator to explore the mothers stress on deeper level; as a result their needs can be addressed in future.The data collection was done in regional language (Kashmiri) by face to face interview method using StructuredInterview Schedule.Results: The present study revealed that out of 30, 25(83.3%) mothers has very high stress and 5(16.7%) has highstress and no mother falls in the category of very low, low and average stress.Conclusion: The study concluded that Implementation of triangulation technique explores many hidden areasof mothers stress which generally cannot be explored by the stress assessment instruments e.g. Belief andspirituality, transportation issues, communication problems, comparison of illness to disaster and many others.