Stress Level in Parents with Premature Children Hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Hospital del Niño Dr. José Renán Esquivel During the Month of July 2022

A premature birth is an unexpected event for the parents, generating fear, anxiety and guilt, due to the culmination of the pregnancy and the condition of the baby. mothers with a premature child are three times more likely to have postpartum depression.

Advances in technology have increased the chances of survival in premature infants, but they are prone to complications in the medium and long term.

Materials and methods: An observational, descriptive study was carried out, applying a survey to 52 parents with premature infants less than or equal to 36 weeks of gestational age (SEG), who remained 7 or more days hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). in the Neonatology Unit of the Dr. José Renán Esquivel Children’s Hospital, during the month of July 2022, transferred from the Santo Tomás Hospital.

Results: According to the results of our studies, 69.2% of parents perceived themselves as not at all to slightly stressed, but when subdividing the scale into extra and intrapersonal stress levels, in the latter they had a moderate to extremely stressful level of stress. in 75%, therefore, 94.2% want to have a support group.

Conclusion: It is essential for parents to have a support group.