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Experiences of Enhanced Resilience in Mothers were Separated from their Baby for
Preterm Birth

S. Harada and M. Nakastuka 2
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Faculty of Medicine/Nursing/Maternity Health Nursing/Midwifery, Kagawa University, Japan, and
1
Graduate School of Medicine/Department of Health Sciences, Nursing, Okayama University, Japan
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Background: It has reported that after preterm birth, mothers experience a sense of loss and guilt,
shock, denial and that psychological reactions such as anxiety and depression persist for a long time.
It is important to support mothers who have experienced preterm birth. Therefore, we focused on the
concept of resilience, which is regarded as the ability to cope with stressful events.

Objective: The aim of the study was to identify the experiences of enhanced resilience in mothers
whose mothers were separated from their baby for preterm birth.

Methods: The study design was cross-secrional, qualitative inductive study. The survey method was
semi-constructive interviewing. The method of analysis was based on extracting and coding the
contexts in which the mothers’ experiences of enhanced resilience were discussed. These were
classified, aggregated and then sub-categorized and further categorized at a higher level of
abstraction.

Results: The following six categories of experiences of enhanced maternal resilience were generated.
‘Making sense of premature birth with staff’, ‘Interacting with the baby and feeling an improvement in
growth and health’, ‘Gaining perspective on the future regarding the baby and life’, ‘Feeling confident
and growing as a mother’, ‘Receiving support from thers’, and ‘Freedom from guilt and self-doubt’.

Conclusion: It was suggested that it is important to provide support to mothers who have been
separated from their mothers due to premature birth in order to strengthen their resilience, in
accordance with the condition of mother and baby.

Keywords: resilience, preterm birth, mothers

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Correspondence: Sayuri Harada, Faculty of Medicine/Nursing/Maternity Health Nursing/Midwifery,
Kagawa University, Japan
E-mail: harada.sayuri@kagawa-u.ac.jp

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