Effect of Maternal Attachment on Infancy Pain Reduction during Invasive Procedures | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 46, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2019, Page 647-656 PDF (351.29 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.253140 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Marwa Salah Sayed1; Iman Ibrahem Abd El-Moniem2; Salma El-Sayed Hassan3 | ||||
1Head Nurse at Beni-Suef Health Insurance Hospital | ||||
2Professor of Pediatric Nursing and Vice Dean for Community Affairs and Environment, Ain Shams University | ||||
3Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: This study aimed to assess the effect of maternal attachment on infancy pain reduction during invasive procedures. Research design: A descriptive study was conducted to carry out this study. Settings: Pediatric Medical words in Beni-Suef University Hospital and Children Hospital affiliated to Ain-Shams University Hospitals. Sample: A purposive sample includes one hundred infants from 1 month to 1 year and their accompanied mothers who are admitted to the previously mentioned settings. Tools: A structured questionnaire sheet to assess mothers' knowledge regarding invasive procedures and its pain. The second tool was Likert like type scale to assess mothers' perception regarding maternal attachment during invasive procedures. The third tool was face rating pain scale to assess infants' pain during invasive procedures. Results: revealed that two fifths of studied mothers were in the age group 20 >30 years old and more than one third of them were illiterate. More than half of studied mothers had unsatisfactory level of knowledge about invasive procedures and its pain and less than two thirds of them had positive perceptions about maternal attachment during invasive procedures. Conclusion: the study concluded that, more than half of studied mothers had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding invasive procedures, nearly two thirds of them had a positive perception towards maternal attachment during invasive procedures, and more than three quarters of studied infants with their mothers' participation had a moderate level of pain. Recommendations: The study recommended that, implementation of educational program for mothers regarding maternal attachment and importance of their presence with their infants during invasive procedures. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Maternal Attachment; Mothers' Knowledge; Perception; Infants | ||||
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