Research Article
Identification of the Range of Nursing Skills Used to Provide Social Support for Mothers of Preterm Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care
Table 1
The participants’ characteristics according to demographic and social features (n = 110).
| | Variables | Frequency (%) |
| | Infant-related variables | | Gender | Female | 47 (42.7) | | Male | 63 (57.3) |
| | Birth rank | First | 73 (66.4) | | Second | 27 (24.5) | | Third or more | 10 (9.1) |
| | Type of birth | Singleton birth | 84 (76.4) | | Multiple birth | 26 (23.6) |
| | | Mean (SD) | | Weight at birth (grams) | 1638.7 (51.2) | | Gestational birth age (weeks) | 32.3 (2.6) | | Length of hospitalization (days) | 25.7 (19.1) |
| | Infant family-related variables | Frequency (%) | | Mother’s education level | Illiterate | 3 (2.7) | | Pre–high school diploma | 29 (26.4) | | Diploma | 55 (50) | | Academic | 23 (20.9) |
| | Father’s education level | Illiterate | 2 (1.8) | | Pre–high school diploma | 38 (34.5) | | Diploma | 47 (42.7) | | Academic | 23 (20.9) |
| | Mother’s job | Housekeeper | 91 (82.7) | | Employee | 19 (17.3) |
| | Father’s job | Employee | 18 (16.4) | | Self-employed | 91 (82.7) | | Unemployed | 1 (0.9) |
| | Maternal delivery type | Natural | 34 (30.9) | | Cesarean | 76 (69.1) |
| | | Mean (SD) | | Mother’s age | 30.1 (6.2) | | Father’s age | 33.6 (6.8) |
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