Open AccessMaternal stress in neonatal intensive care unit very often overlooked by health professionals
Author(s) -
Nidhi Kumar,
Achinta K. R. Mallick
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_88_19
Subject(s) - observational study , neonatal intensive care unit , stressor , medicine , cross sectional study , likert scale , perceived stress scale , intensive care , pediatrics , stress (linguistics) , psychology , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , developmental psychology , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
Admission of a neonate in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be very stressful for the mother, which often remains unattended by health-care professionals. Early identification of maternal stress, environmental stressors, and providing remediation will prove instrumental in providing a holistic family-based patient care.