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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the newborns and their association with parental psychological well-being

From: The predictive roles of parental stress and intolerance of uncertainty on psychological well-being of parents with a newborn in neonatal intensive care unit: a hierarchical linear regression analysis

Variables

n (%)

Parental psychological well-being

Mean ± SD

Cause of newborn hospitalization

  

Premature

Respiratory distress

Sepsis

Low Apgar score

Cyanosis

Seizure

Jaundice

Intolerance of feeding

Apnea

Surgery

52 (40.0)

45 (34.6)

11 (8.5)

6 (4.6)

5 (3.8)

4 (3.1)

2 (1.5)

2 (1.5)

2 (1.5)

1 (0.8)

79.96 ± 12.28

81.08 ± 10.84

74.72 ± 11.10

72.40 ± 14.97

68.60 ± 9.63

76.75 ± 10.04

91.00 ± 2.82

69.00 ± 2.82

83.50 ± 9.19

74.00

Test, P-value

 

F a=1.49, 0.15

Birth order

  

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

70 (53.8)

40 (30.8)

16 (12.3)

3 (3.12.3)

1(0. 8)

78.08 ± 11.46

79.05 ± 11.53

82.43 ± 12.51

87.66 ± 16.16

70.00

Test, P-value

 

F a=1.00, P = 0.40

Type of birth delivery

  

Cesarean

Vaginal

83 (63.8)

47 (36.2)

79.97 ± 11.98

77.53 ± 11.16

Test, P-value

 

t b=1.14, P = 0.25

Type of pregnancy

  

Wants

Unwanted

114 (87.7)

16 (12.3)

79.37 ± 12.04

77.06 ± 9.00

Test, P-value

 

t b =0.73, 0.46

  1. a ANOVA, b Independent t−test