与COVID-19大流行相关的公共卫生措施：母亲在新生儿重症监护室入住之前、期间和之后对与早产儿情感和身体亲密度的看法

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Early human development Pub Date : 2025-07-13 DOI:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106343

Valérie Lebel , Paméla Hamel-Hilaréguy , Sharmin Zahin , Francine de Montigny

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摘要

新冠肺炎大流行期间的公共卫生措施已被证明会影响父母与新生儿重症监护室早产儿的身体和情感亲密度。然而，没有研究探讨这些限制对新妈妈围产期轨迹的影响。目的探讨母亲在新生儿重症监护病房住院前、期间和之后，对与COVID-19大流行相关的公共卫生措施对其与早产儿情感和身体亲密度的影响的看法。方法本定性描述性研究纳入了14名在COVID-19大流行期间分娩早产儿的母亲。母亲们参加了在2021年5月至2022年1月期间进行的半结构化Zoom访谈。结果对母亲叙述的分析显示，COVID-19限制影响了她们整个围产期的情感和身体亲密度。母亲们对怀孕期间的描述的主题是“前后不一和无知”。在分娩期间，主题是“孤独和失去联系”。在住院期间，新出现的主题是“错失身体和情感亲密的机会”。在住院后的时期，母亲们描述的主题是“更多地联系，而不是因为心理健康状况不佳而努力联系”。结论母亲在新生儿重症监护病房入住前、入住期间和入住后，公共卫生措施影响了母亲与婴儿的情感和身体联系。如果再次发生大流行病，就必须重新评估已实施的公共卫生措施，并通过整个围产期经验向父母提供支持。

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Public health measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: Mothers' perceptions of emotional and physical closeness with their preterm infant before, during, and after the NICU stay

Background

Public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have been shown to affect parents' physical and emotional closeness with their preterm infant in the NICU. However, no study has explored the effects of these restrictions on new mothers' perinatal trajectory.

Aim

To explore mothers' perceptions regarding the impact of public health measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic on their emotional and physical closeness to their preterm infant before, during, and after their NICU hospitalization.

Methods

This qualitative descriptive study included 14 mothers who gave birth to a preterm infant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mothers participated in semi-structured Zoom interviews conducted between May 2021 and January 2022.

Results

Analysis of the mothers' narratives revealed that COVID-19 restrictions affected emotional and physical closeness throughout their perinatal experience. The main theme identified in mothers' accounts of the pregnancy period was “inconsistency and ignorance”. For the childbirth period, the main theme was “loneliness and disconnected contact”. During hospitalization, the emerging theme was “missed opportunities for physical and emotional closeness”. In the post-hospitalization period, mothers described the theme “connecting more versus struggling to connect due to poor mental health”.

Conclusion

According to mothers, public health measures affected their emotional and physical bond with their infants before, during, and after their NICU stay. In the event of another pandemic, it would be crucial to reassess the implemented public health measures and provide support to parents through their entire perinatal experience.

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Early human development 医学-妇产科学

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

4.00%

发文量

100

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Established as an authoritative, highly cited voice on early human development, Early Human Development provides a unique opportunity for researchers and clinicians to bridge the communication gap between disciplines. Creating a forum for the productive exchange of ideas concerning early human growth and development, the journal publishes original research and clinical papers with particular emphasis on the continuum between fetal life and the perinatal period; aspects of postnatal growth influenced by early events; and the safeguarding of the quality of human survival. The first comprehensive and interdisciplinary journal in this area of growing importance, Early Human Development offers pertinent contributions to the following subject areas: Fetology; perinatology; pediatrics; growth and development; obstetrics; reproduction and fertility; epidemiology; behavioural sciences; nutrition and metabolism; teratology; neurology; brain biology; developmental psychology and screening.