The Relationship Between Fear of Covid-19 and Breastfeeding Attitudes of Mothers Whose Infants are Hospitalized in The Neonatal Intensive Care Unıt

Authors : Funda Kardaş Özdemir, Kübra Sevgi

Pages : 81-95

Doi:10.47115/jshs.1466662

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Publication Date : 2025-04-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: This study was conducted to determine the fear of COVID-19 in mothers whose babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit and to investigate the relati onship between fear levels and breastfeeding attitudes. Method: The study was implemented with 133 mothers in NICUs in a city in the north of Turkey between February 5 - July 5, 2021. Data were collected using an Introductory Information Form, the FCV-19S and the BAES Scale. Number, per centage, mean, standard deviation, independent t test, ANOVA variance test, MWU test, KW test and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. Before starting the research, study approval was obtained from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey (Decision No: 2021-01-25T20_58_17) and ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of a university (04 February 2021/818295.903/141/13). Results: The mean FCV-19S score of the mothers was found to be 20.20±5.56, and the mean BAES score was found to be 111.27±11.28. FCV-19S scores of mot hers who were afraid of infecting their infants with COVID-19 were significantly higher (p<0.05). The BAES scores of mothers afraid of contact with their infants were significantly lower (p<0.05). A low-level, negative and statistically significant relationship was found between the FCV-19S scores of the mothers and their BAES scores (p<0.05). Conclusions and Suggestions: As mothers\\\' fears about COVID-19 increased, their breastfeeding attitude levels decreased negatively. It is important to minimize the level of negative impact on others and newborns from situations that disrupt the normal flow of life, such as pandemics.
Keywords : Tutum, Emzirme, Covid-19 Korkusu, Anne, YYBÜ