Mental Distress, Associated Factors, and Mental Distress Management Among Muslim Mothers of Infants Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Keywords:
Mental distress, Factors associated with distress, Coping distress, Muslim mothers, Neonatal intensive care unitAbstract
Mental distress perspectives and coping with a situation depend on religion, beliefs, and culture. The purposes of this study were to describe mental distress, its associated factors, and coping distress management among Muslim mothers of infants hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) using qualitative research. Twenty-five Muslim postpartum mothers of infants admitted to a NICU during the previous seventy-two hours were recruited for this study as informants, selected through the purposive sampling method. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, and field notes. Data was analyzed according to the Colaizzi method, and the participants themselves thoroughly reviewed the participants' data.
The results demonstrated that mental distress, described as stress, fears, and anxiety, is caused by factors related to four main categories: 1) maintaining calm through faith includes: (1.1) belief in the Doom and Divine Decree, (1.2) being patient, (1.3) Dua, (1.4) Zikrullah recitation, (1.5) Prayer, and (1.6) listening to Al-Quran; 2) the child’s condition; 3) family support; and 4) communication of the medical team.
The study results reflect the experience of maternal beliefs and faith in religion, which can be used as information for cultural nursing care to promote mental distress coping for Muslim postpartum mothers of infants admitted to a NICU to be more effective.
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