title: [Influence of prenatal hospitalization on parental stressful experience in the case of a premature birth].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the influence of prenatal hospitalization before a premature birth, on the parental stressful experience, parental symptoms of post-traumatic stress and quality of parent-infant interaction during the hospitalization in neonatology.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  51 preterm infants born and 25 full term infants control. Four groups: controls, premature without prenatal hospitalization, premature with a short (<8 days) prenatal hospitalization and premature with a long (≥ 8 days) prenatal hospitalization.
  
  
  METHODS
  the Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS: NICU, Miles et al., 1993 [14]) and the Perinatal PTSD Questionnaire (PPQ, Quinnell and Hynan, 1999 [16]).
  
  
  RESULTS
  When prenatal hospitalization of the mother occurred, parents acknowledged increased stress induced by the environmental factors during the infant's hospitalization. Furthermore, mothers from the group with a short prenatal hospitalization presented significantly more symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Parents presenting more symptoms of post-traumatic stress describe a significantly more difficult interaction with their infant in neonatology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights the necessity to deliver special care to women hospitalized shortly (<8 days) prior to the delivery of their premature baby. This group is at high risk of presenting post-traumatic stress symptoms, which could have a negative impact on the quality of parent-infant interactions.
authors.affiliation: Service Universitaire De Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Département de Psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Hôpital Nestlé, avenue Pierre-Decker 5, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse. mathilde.morisod@chuv.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morisod-Harari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borghini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hohlfeld
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forcada-Guex
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muller-Nix
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires