'It is an emotional rollercoaster!!!' Experiences of mothers of preterm newborns seeking care at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: a qualitative phenomenological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe, through the phenomenological lens, the experiences of mothers following preterm birth and admitted at a tertiary hospital.

Methods

DESIGN: Descriptive phenomenological study.

Setting

Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

Population

Mothers who delivered prematurely and were admitted.

Main outcome measures

Experiences of mothers who delivered prematurely and had their neonates admitted to the NICU.

Results

Four themes and three subthemes were realised: (1) maternal anxiety about unknown outcomes of the newborn condition, (2) the positive impact of family-centred care, (3) maternal roles for preterm care and (4) poor support for maternal involvement in care.

Conclusions

Mothers of preterm

SUBMITTER: Nukpezah RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751851 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature