TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Qualitative Study: Determination of the Opinions and Expectations of the Families with Infants Treated at the Newborn Intensive Care Unit
AB  - The study was conducted to determine the problems, opinions, and expectations of parents in the treatment process when their infants were hospitalized in the newborn intensive care unit. It is a qualitative study. The study sample consisted of the parents of the infants who were treated at the Newborn Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Konya Province between 3 April 2017 and 1 May 2017. The study was completed with a total of 7 individuals including 4 mothers and 3 fathers. Semi-structured interview method was used as the data collection method. As a result of the interviews, it was determined that the families were not informed well enough the diseases of their infants. It was identified that the most important issue was parents' being apart from their newborns for a long time. Parents reported that their business lives, social lives, family lives, and their psychological statuses were adversely affected during this process. In addition, the majority of the parents stated that the ICU setting needed to be appropriately set to allow the parents to stay with the infant. Our recommendation is that first, the healthcare team will communicate more with the parents whose newborns are treated in the intensive care unit, secondly, the families will be provided regular information on the condition of their newborns, third, the physical conditions of the intensive care unit will be arranged to include the families, and especially the fourth, the mothers will be ensured to see their newborns whenever they would like to.
AU  - AÇIKGOZ, AYFER
AU  - Ayvaz, Ezgi
DO  - 10.20515/otd.426794
PY  - 2019
JO  - Osmangazi Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 41
IS  - 3
SN  - 1305-4953
SP  - 271
EP  - 278
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/401228
ER  -