Maternal care in the preterm child’s family context: A comprehensive look towards the sibling

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho,Soraya Cirilo
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Facio,Beatriz Castanheira, Souza,Bruna Felisberto de, Abreu-D’Agostini,Flávia Corrêa Porto de, Leite,Adriana Moraes, Wernet,Monika
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000900050
• topic: Infant, Premature; Child Care; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Mother-Child Relations; Maternal Behavior

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze maternal care for siblings of preterm babies hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. Method: Qualitative research using symbolic interactionism as a theoretical reference and narrative research as a methodological reference. Ten mothers were surveyed through semi-structured interviews. Results: Three thematic units emerged from the analysis of data: “social support in the sharing of child care”; “promotion of adaptation to the arrival of a sibling” and “maternal feelings and coping”. Final considerations: Care for the premature child’s sibling is developed under mothers’ physical distance from him/her, justified by the need to remain close to the premature child due to risks and fragility related to the condition.