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Ingibjörgu Ingadóttur fyrir þýðingu mælitækis, Fanneyju
Þórsdóttur fyrir tölfræðiróðgjöf og Ragnheiði Sigurð-
ardóttur, deildarstjóra, fyrir aðstoð hennar við úrtaks-
leit.
Abstract
Factors in tlie NICU causing parental stress
The main purpose of this study was to pretest an Icelandic version
of the PSS:NICU scale (Parental Stress Scale: Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit) intended to measure whether andto what ejctent certain
factors in the NICU environment cause stress to parents. We also
tried to obtain additional infonnation about parents' experieiwe if
discharging home with a babyfrom the NICU.
According to reliability testing of the Icelandic version of the PSS:
NICU, the international consistency (Cronbach's alpha) of the
instrument isgood(0.94). There is also a correlation between the
results of this study and a comparable study where the English
version of the instrument was used (Miles and Funk, 1989).
Icelandic parents having a baby in the NICU seem tofeel more
stress on the average than parents in the United States.
Parental role alteration seems to cause the greatest stress to
parents, amlfactors related to stajfbehavior and communication
the least stress. Among singlefactors in the scale thefollowing seem
to cause thegreatest stress toparents: Separationfrom the baby;
sudden noises in inonitor alarms; seeing needles and tubes put in
the baby; not being able to hold the baby; not being able to be alone
with the balry; being unable tofeed it oneself; tlmt the baby seerned
to be inpain; being unable to protect itfrom pain and painful
procedures.
Regarding the experierwe ofparents discharging with a babyfrom
the NICU, the thought ofgoing home with the baby and caringfor
it without the assistarwe of aprofessional causes the greatest stress.
The additional scale measuring the stressfactors related to the
discharge proved reliable with Cronbach's alpha 0.90.
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