title: [Maternal perception regarding hospitalized newborns].
abstract: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in the neonatal unit of a public teaching hospital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, which aimed to determine the perceptions of mothers about their newborns hospitalized children. The sample consisted of 100 women questioned, through the Neonatal Perception Inventory Broussard, about how much trouble was expected to be presented by babies of the general unit, on behaviors such as crying; feeding; regurgitate or vomit; evacuate; sleep and have a routine. Then, the same questions were repeated about their own babies. Ninety mothers considered their children with fewer difficulties than other babies at the unit. Younger women and mothers of infants with higher weights tended to consider their children with more difficulty. The Inventory is easy to apply and may be useful in the evaluation of mother-child interaction, although its result cannot be considered in isolation.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elenice Valentim
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ianê Nogueira do
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Vale
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Conceição Vieira da Silva
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Freitas de Vilhena
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Abrão
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult