Table 2 Participants (mothers and newborns) characteristics
From: Health care staff support for mothers in NICU: a focused ethnography study
Characteristic | Range | N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother (N = 21) | Age (years) | 20–35 | ||
Marital status | Married | 21 (100%) | ||
Education level | Primary education | 4 (19.5%) | ||
Secondary education | 11 (52%) | |||
Bachelor of Science | 6 (28.5%) | |||
Parity | Nulliparous | 16(76%) | ||
Multipara | 5(24%) | |||
Job status | Housewife | 18 (86%) | ||
Employed | 3 (14%) | |||
Neonate(N = 21) | Birth weight (grams) | 1300–4500 | ||
Gestational age (weeks) | 32–42 | |||
Age on admission (days) | 1–28 | |||
Length of stay (days) | 7–30 | |||
Sex | Male | 10(43%) | ||
Female | 12(57%) | |||
Maturity | Term | 14(66.5%) | ||
Preterm | 7(33.5%) | |||
Diagnosis | Malformation | 7(33%) | ||
Infection | 6(28.5%) | |||
RDS | 5(24%) | |||
Seizure | 2(9.5%) | |||
Metabolic Diseases | 1(5%) | |||