Reducing anxiety among children born preterm and their young mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the efficacy of COPE on maternal and child anxiety associated with younger mothers of premature infants. The COPE program provides instruction and practice in parenting behaviors specific to the NICU, in combination with information that reduces ambiguity about their infant's appearance and behaviors.

Study design and methods

Secondary data analysis was conducted on data obtained from a larger randomized controlled trial with 253 mothers of low birthweight premature infants to examine the efficacy of the Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) program, an educational-behavioral parent intervention in the NICU, on maternal and child anxiety based on maternal age. For these analyses, child and maternal anxiety were assessed using the Child Behav

SUBMITTER: Oswalt KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3639498 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature