Abstract
Low birth weight (LBW) infants pose a challenge for developing countries. Mothers of LBW are thus at risk of psychological stress and postpartum depression. This study was to identify the correlation between mothers’ characteristics and their anxiety about having hospitalized low birth weight infants. This study used a descriptive correlation design and involved 90 respondents who met the inclusion criteria. The result of this study indicated that most of the mothers were categorized in non-risk age, unemployed or housewife, and having secondary education. Overall, the respondents showed mild anxiety and no significant correlation between mothers’ characteristics and their anxiety (P>0.05). However, there was a significant correlation between her income and mother’s level of anxiety (P<0.05). The conclusion could be use as the basic data for developing the program related to health promotion in overcoming the anxiety in LBW infant’s mothers.
Highlights
Materials and MethodsThis analytical study, conducted from May to June 2018, used a quantitative method and a cross-sectional research approach in a hospital in Jakarta
Respondents were selected by using purposive sampling because there are diverse samples in this study;[8] the selection process yielded 90 respondents who were willing to participate and who met the inclusion criteria: postpartum mothers who gave birth to Low birth weight (LBW) infants who were hospitalized in the perinatology ward
The instruments used were the questionnaires of respondent characteristic and the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), these tool is known to be valid and reliable with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.793, where the reliability of the questionnaires was considered to be good if the Cronbach’s alpha was >0.60
Summary
This analytical study, conducted from May to June 2018, used a quantitative method and a cross-sectional research approach in a hospital in Jakarta. The independent variables of this study were the mothers’ characteristics, namely age, education, income, occupation, gestational age, type of birth, source of support, and hospital payment method. A bivariate analysis was conducted to measure the correlation between the respondents’ characteristics sense of losing control of their baby’s health and their anxiety level, as presented in Table care.[4] Yelland et al reported that 12.7% of Results. 2. Table 2 showed that mothers with earned income below the regional minimum wage ed anxiety. The statistical analysis yielded a months postpartum.[5] The mothers’ anxiety most of the mothers were considered non- weak, positive correlation (r= 0.220) and a could be influenced by emotional, cognitive, risk in terms of age (20-35 years) (77.8%), statistically significant correlation (P< 0.05). The other characteristics did not make any significant difference to the anxiety levels of LBW mothers
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