Retrospective Study
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World J Psychiatry. Mar 19, 2025; 15(3): 101748
Published online Mar 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i3.101748
Analysis of anxiety and depression status and related factors among mothers of children in neonatal intensive care unit
Fen Xu, Ling-Ling Shi, Li Gao
Fen Xu, Ling-Ling Shi, Li Gao, Department of Neonatology, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou 215200, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Xu F and Shi LL performed research and wrote the manuscript; Xu F, Shi LL, and Gao L conceived the research, analyzed data, and provided guidance for the research; and all authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethic Committee of Suzhou Ninth Hospital affiliated to Soochow University.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Ling-Ling Shi, Department of Neonatology, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, No. 2666 Ludang Road, Taihu New Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou 215200, Jiangsu Province, China. 1832441574@qq.com
Received: November 13, 2024
Revised: December 23, 2024
Accepted: January 6, 2025
Published online: March 19, 2025
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Core Tip

Core Tip: The closed management of the neonatal intensive care unit can protect newborns, but it causes mothers to feel the pain of separation and increase negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. This study revealed that family economic income, poor individual control, young gestational age of the child, and the number of diseases in the child are all factors that increase maternal anxiety and depression. This provides good guidance for clinical nursing to establish corresponding nursing measures according to related factors, strengthen communication and interaction with the mother of the child, provide psychological counseling, and reduce maternal anxiety and depression.