Abstract
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate anxiety, postpartum depression (PPD), and hopelessness in the mothers of newborns receiving therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in NICU. A total of 104 mothers and infants were analyzed as a study group with HIE (n = 52) and a control groups of non-HIE (n = 52). All the mothers completed The State-Trait Anxiety, Beck Hopelessness and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scales (EPDS). The EPDS scores, the rate of PPD, state-trait anxiety and hopelessness levels were similar in the two groups. In the HIE group, chest compression and persistent pulmonary hypertension in infants were associated with maternal anxiety, hopelessness, and PPD. The absence of a statistical difference between the two groups in the current study does not mean that these differences do not exist. These results demonstrate the need for further detailed studies on this subject.
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