Infants with Pierre Robin Sequence: Maternal mental health and mother-infant interaction

• Autor(a) principal: NARDI, Camila Guedes de Azevedo
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: RODRIGUES, Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim, MELCHIORI, Lígia Ebner, SALGADO, Manoel Henrique, TAVANO, Lilian D’Aquino
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/8123
• topic: Anxiety; Stress; Mother-child relations; Ansiedade materna; Estresse materno; Relações mãe-criança

The aim of this study was to evaluate maternal stress and anxiety and the quality of interaction of 10 mothers and their 0-3-month-old babies with Pierre Robin Sequence hospitalized in a university hospital. We used the Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults to evaluate stress and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to assess anxiety of the mothers, and a protocol to assess the recording of the mother-infant interaction. The results showed high levels of maternal stress and anxiety. A statistically significant inverse relationship was found: the higher the maternal anxiety and stress, the lower was the mother-infant interaction. The results indicate that work needs to be done to minimize the anxiety and stress of mothers with inpatient babies in order to encourage interaction.