Nível de preparo de mães primíparas frente a realização das atividades da vida diária do bebê durante internação na unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal

Abstract

Motherhood is a singular experience in a woman's life, which, most of the time, requires changes and adaptations in the roles she occupies. At the beginning of life, the baby is totally dependent on the mother to perform its Activities of Daily Living, however, the birth of a premature baby and the hospitalization in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit may limit the performance of these activities and weaken the interaction in the mother-baby dyad. To analyze the level of preparation of primiparous mothers regarding the performance of Activities of Daily Living for the baby during Neonatal Intensive Care Unit admission. Quantitative and cross-sectional study, with primiparous mothers, whose babies were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The results pointed out that the mothers in the sample feel moderately prepared to perform the activities for the baby in this context. The research showed that, for this sample, it is possible to articulate an assistance that integrates more the mother in the activities of feeding, changing clothes, bathing, and putting the baby to sleep in this environment.