Leticia Alcántara-Canabal1, Lucía Martínez-Pérez2, Sara Gutiérrez-Alonso3, Cristina Fernández-Baizán4, Marta Méndez4. 1. Centro de Salud de Paulino Prieto, Área Sanitaria IV, Oviedo, España. Electronic address: leticia1546@hotmail.com. 2. Unidad de Hospitalización de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. 3. Área de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría, Unidad de Neonatología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. 4. Facultad de Psicología, Instituto de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, España.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The birth of a preterm child has a high family emotional cost. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life of parents of children aged 5-7 years born prematurely (<1500g). PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of a sample of parents of preterm infants admitted to a third level hospital in Spain between 2009 and 2011. Their infants weighed less than 1500g at birth, and were 5-7 years old at the moment of the study. Parents completed the Parental Stress Scale, Family Apgar, Zarit modified scale, and Graffar-Méndez Castellano method (1994). A total of 94 cases were analysed (40 girls and 54 boys). RESULTS: All data passed normality assumptions. Results showed no gender, weight or gestational age differences in our sample on the Zarit modified scale, Parental Stress Scale, or by the Graffar method. Differences between boys and girls were found in the Family Apgar test. Also, the Graffar method and degree of familiar malfunction showed significant results. The parents of preterm children with developmental problems at the time of the study showed significant differences with respect to parents of children without these problems in the Family Apgar test and the Zarit modified scale. CONCLUSIONS: The possible impact of the birth of a preterm child with less than 1500g of weight is not appreciated between 5 to 7 years of age, except for the differences found in the perception of family functionality and caregiver overload among parents of children with and without developmental alterations.
INTRODUCTION: The birth of a preterm child has a high family emotional cost. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life of parents of children aged 5-7 years born prematurely (<1500g). PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of a sample of parents of preterm infants admitted to a third level hospital in Spain between 2009 and 2011. Their infants weighed less than 1500g at birth, and were 5-7 years old at the moment of the study. Parents completed the Parental Stress Scale, Family Apgar, Zarit modified scale, and Graffar-Méndez Castellano method (1994). A total of 94 cases were analysed (40 girls and 54 boys). RESULTS: All data passed normality assumptions. Results showed no gender, weight or gestational age differences in our sample on the Zarit modified scale, Parental Stress Scale, or by the Graffar method. Differences between boys and girls were found in the Family Apgar test. Also, the Graffar method and degree of familiar malfunction showed significant results. The parents of preterm children with developmental problems at the time of the study showed significant differences with respect to parents of children without these problems in the Family Apgar test and the Zarit modified scale. CONCLUSIONS: The possible impact of the birth of a preterm child with less than 1500g of weight is not appreciated between 5 to 7 years of age, except for the differences found in the perception of family functionality and caregiver overload among parents of children with and without developmental alterations.
Authors: Jorge Arias-de la Torre; Tania Fernández-Villa; Antonio José Molina; Carmen Amezcua-Prieto; Ramona Mateos; José María Cancela; Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez; Rocío Ortíz-Moncada; Juan Alguacil; Susana Redondo; Inés Gómez-Acebo; María Morales-Suárez-Varela; Gemma Blázquez Abellán; Eladio Jiménez Mejías; Luis Félix Valero; Carlos Ayán; Laura Vilorio-Marqués; Rocío Olmedo-Requena; Vicente Martín Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-04-04 Impact factor: 3.390