title: [Beliefs and feelings experienced by mothers of children under phototherapy].
abstract: Case study with mothers of newborn babies submitted to phototherapy held in a maternity in Fortaleza, Brazil. The purpose was identifying the mother's beliefs and feelings before the treatment. The data were collected in an interview performed with two open questions about the mother's beliefs and feelings. The result was: 36.5% of the mothers feel fear and sadness; 27.3% with sorrow and fault. Regarding beliefs, 45.5% of the mothers think that the baby feels uncomfortable; 27.3% of the mothers think that the baby is at risk of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the mothers feel insecurity and unhappiness before the phototherapy treatment and they think that the treatment is uncomfortable for the newborn.
authors.affiliation: Escola Assis Chateaubriand, Universidade Federal do Ceará. ankardagostinho@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Antonia do Carmo Soares
authors.initials: Ado C
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Glória da Conceição Mesquita
authors.initials: Gda C
authors.lastname: Leitão
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001938:Brazil; D003469:Culture; D003625:Data Collection; D004644:Emotions; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000523:psychology*; D011385:Projection