早產兒母親親職壓力與早期療育服務需求之探討

A Study on the Parental Stresses and the Needs of Early Intervention Service of Mothers with Premature Babies

目的: 早產兒的出生往往帶給大多數的母親痛苦的經驗，母親有適應困難的狀況。 本研究旨在探討早產兒母親親職壓力及對早期療育服務需求之情形。方法: 採立意取樣 進行結構式問卷調查，內容包含早產兒及母親基本資料表、親職壓力量表、以及早產兒 早期療育服務需求量表，以描述統計及相關性檢定等方法分析資料。結果: 早產兒母親 的親職壓力為中等程度，其中「親職愁苦」是早產兒母親最大的壓力來源。早期療育服 務需求方面，以「社會資源層面」和「教育資源層面」需求最高。研究發現早產兒母親 的親職壓力與早期療育服務需求之相關性，其母親的親職壓力越大，對早期療育服務需 求會越高。結論:早產兒母親對早期療育服務有很高的需求。透過早期療育適時的介入， 指導照顧者如何觀察早產兒的發展，使其持續接受相關療育，並鼓勵其他家屬參與照顧， 亦可減低主要照顧者的壓力。

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between parental stress of mothers of premature babies and the needs of early intervention services. Method: Purposive sampling was used in this study. The data were collected by the questionnaire which included demographic information of participants and their premature, the Parenting Stress Index, and needs of early intervention, and analyzed with correlation analysis. Result: The findings suggest mothers of premature have moderate parental stress and "parental anxiety" largely impacts on their stress level. In terms of the needs of early intervention services, mothers of premature have the highest demand for "social resources level" and "educational resource level". Besides, the parental stress is correlated with the needs for early intervention services. The higher parental stress of mothers have, the more early intervention services they will need. Conclusion: The results demonstrate that mothers of premature have moderate parental stress and have high demand for early intervention services. It’s needed to provide adequate and effective health care information to the mothers of the premature. Via early intervention, caregivers and other family members are empowered and enabled to facilitate the development of premature and ease the parental stress as well.