Aim: The analysis of similarities and differences of parental experience of observing preterm versus full term babies assessed with the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS).
Material And Method: 95 pairs of parents participated in the study, including 33 mothers and fathers of babies born before 29th gestational week, 31 - between 29th and 34th week and 31 - at term. All infants were assessed with the NBAS in the first month of life (or corrected age) in the presence of both parents. Semi-structured clinical interviews were conducted with each parental pair and the qualitative analysis of the obtained co-constructed narratives was carried out.
Results: Seven common categories of parental experience related to the NBAS were empirically discerned in all groups of parents. There were also two categories of experience related to the NBAS that were different in the group of parents of preterm versus full term babies. Apart from that, three specific categories characteristic of the parental narratives in the two preterm groups were identified: parental tendency to compare NBAS assessment with medical examination, hope for having the child's health confirmed and parental tendency to compare preterm with full term babies.
Conclusions: Mothers and fathers of preterm vs full term babies experience the observation of NBAS assessment differently. Parents of preterm babies are extremely sensitive to any information regarding their child. Therefore specialists should pay a special attention to the process of communicating with the family. Effective support of any family in the perinatal period requires special appreciation of the individual parental needs.
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Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric and Gynecologic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction, Ministry of Education, Beijing100191, China.
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