<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Aim.</bold> The study was to assess the level of stress and the health locus of control in parents of hospitalized newborns.<bold>Material and methods.</bold> The study covered a group of 150 parents of 126 newborns who were hospitalized in the Neonatal Pathology Ward at the University Children’s Hospital in Lublin. The diagnostic survey method was applied with the use of an original questionnaire as well as some standardized tools: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC – version B).<bold>Results.</bold> In more than a half of the subjects (54.0%), a high level of stress was observed. Every fourth (26.1%) parent was characterized by an average level of stress and nearly every fifth (19.3%) by a low level of stress. The highest indicator was characterized by the domain of the internal health control locus. Every fifth parent represented an undifferentiated type - weak or magnifying the impact of others (22.0% and 20.0% respectively). The smallest group of parents (5.3%) belonged to the externally-oriented, strong type. <bold>Conclusions.</bold> The parents of hospitalized newborns are characterized mainly by high and average levels of stress and low level of severity of health control location within each of its domains. The highest indicator of internal locus control and the influence of others are characterized by parents with low and average levels of stress. The dominant type of locus of health control that characterizes parents is the undifferentiated type – weak and magnifying the impact of others.</abstract>

Aim. The study was to assess the level of stress and the health locus of control in parents of hospitalized newborns.Material and methods. The study covered a group of 150 parents of 126 newborns who were hospitalized in the Neonatal Pathology Ward at the University Children’s Hospital in Lublin. The diagnostic survey method was applied with the use of an original questionnaire as well as some standardized tools: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC – version B).Results. In more than a half of the subjects (54.0%), a high level of stress was observed. Every fourth (26.1%) parent was characterized by an average level of stress and nearly every fifth (19.3%) by a low level of stress. The highest indicator was characterized by the domain of the internal health control locus. Every fifth parent represented an undifferentiated type - weak or magnifying the impact of others (22.0% and 20.0% respectively). The smallest group of parents (5.3%) belonged to the externally-oriented, strong type. Conclusions. The parents of hospitalized newborns are characterized mainly by high and average levels of stress and low level of severity of health control location within each of its domains. The highest indicator of internal locus control and the influence of others are characterized by parents with low and average levels of stress. The dominant type of locus of health control that characterizes parents is the undifferentiated type – weak and magnifying the impact of others.

Stress level and health locus of control in parents of hospitalized newborns – preliminary report

Katedra i Klinika Ginekologii i Endokrynologii Ginekologicznej Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu

Katedra Rozwoju Pielęgniarstwa Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu

Zakład Podstaw Położnictwa Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. The study was to assess the level of stress and the health locus of control in parents of hospitalized newborns.Material and methods. The study covered a...

Stress level and health locus of control in parents of hospitalized newborns – preliminary report

Published Online: Apr 18, 2019

Page range: 26 - 32

Received: Nov 23, 2018

Accepted: Jan 24, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2018-0036

Keywords
stress, health, parents, newborn, hospitalization

© 2019 Anna B. Pilewska-Kozak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Stress level and health locus of control in parents of hospitalized newborns – preliminary report

Published Online: Apr 18, 2019

Page range: 26 - 32

Received: Nov 23, 2018

Accepted: Jan 24, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2018-0036

Keywordsstress, health, parents, newborn, hospitalization

© 2019 Anna B. Pilewska-Kozak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
stress, health, parents, newborn, hospitalization