Personal and professional support for mothers of NICU and healthy newborns.
Personal support provided by close social network members and professional support provided by nurses were studied in 83 postpartum mothers and newborns in neonatal intensive care units and newborn nurseries. Mothers perceived each type of support differently in terms of outcomes. Only personal support was significantly related to emotional affect and life satisfaction outcomes. Both personal and professional support were related to relationship satisfaction outcomes. Findings suggest that personal support and professional support be treated as separate concepts.
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School of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.
Levitt
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome