Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil (Jul 2023)

Self-efficacy and social support of mothers of preterms in neonatal unit

  • Sarah Rayssa Cordeiro Sales Pinheiro,
  • Fabiane do Amaral Gubert,
  • Mariana Cavalvante Martins,
  • Eveline Pinheiro Beserra,
  • Clarissa Costa Gomes,
  • Marielle Ribeiro Feitosa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9304202300000289-en
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23

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Abstract Objectives: to analyze a correlation between self-efficacy and social support of mothers of preterms in early postpartum. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out with 120 mothers of preterm infants from a Maternity School, from June to September 2018. Sociodemographic, reproductive and scales were used to assess the Maternal Self-Efficacy and Social Support. A descriptive analysis was carried out and the MannWhitney Test, Kruskal Wallis Test and Spearman correlation were applied. Results: there was a positive correlation between self-efficacy, parity (p=0.017), years of schooling (p=0.017) and Social Support (p=0.002). An unexpected finding was a high self-efficacy among mothers up to eight years of schooling, in the countryside of the State and with low income. Conclusion: social support, in all dimensions: material, affective, emotional, information and social interaction, proven to be a predictor of maternal self-efficacy.

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