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Evaluating Maternal Attachment Patterns and Newborns’ Oxygen Saturation Levels: Health Behavior Implications

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Objectives: This study aimed to determine the impact of maternal attachment styles on the oxygen saturation level of infants in relation to the health behavior. Methods: The data for the current study was collected from mothers who were being treated in Newborn Intensive Care by dividing their newborns into two groups in accordance with their changed oxygen levels to determine an effective health behavior for treating them and achieving the required health outcomes. In this regard, the health behavior of the mothers, focusing on their psychological and physical well-being, was also taken into consideration. Psychometric measures were evaluated by instruments like State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, Experiences in Close Relationships, and Relationship Scales Questionnaire. Results: Sixty-nine newborns and their mothers were included in the study. It was discovered that mothers of infants whose oxygen levels increased after contact had significantly higher rates of secure attachment, due to effective health behavior practices, than those with fearful and dismissing attachment styles. Infants′ oxygen saturation level whose mothers had higher rates on the HAM-A somatic subscale did not change or worsened significantly after physical contact (46.7%, 23.5%, p = 0.050, respectively). Conclusions: It was found that the change in an infant's oxygen saturation level after physical contact may be associated with the maternal attachment patterns which are highly influenced by mothers′ health behavior.

Keywords: HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFANTS′ OXYGEN SATURATION LEVEL; MATERNAL ATTACHMENT STYLES

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey 2: Department of Neonatology, Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey 3: Department of Psychology, Cag University, Mersin, Turkey 4: Erenkoy Education and Research Mental Health Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, ??stanbul, Turkey

Publication date: November 1, 2023

This article was made available online on November 12, 2023 as a Fast Track article with title: "Evaluating Maternal Attachment Patterns and Newborns’ Oxygen Saturation Levels: Health Behavior Implications".

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