Kamaruddin, Noor Rafidah
(2009)
Maternal anxiety during universal
newborn hearing screening at
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Project Report.
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the maternal anxiety during
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) at Hospital Universiti Sains
Malaysia (HUSM). A sample of 50 mothers who had given birth at HUSM was
surveyed using a set of questionnaire. The instruments were based upon
demographic profile, knowledge about hearing screening and Beck Anxiety
Inventory (BAI). BAI is a set of questionnaire used to assess the level of maternal
anxiety. The data was coded and analyzed using Wilcoxon signed Rank Test of
SPSS version 11.5. The findings indicated that majority of the mothers were having
mild anxiety during the first screening and before they undergone the second
screening. The result also showed that there was significant difference of maternal
anxiety level between the first screenings and before the second screening. There
was also significant difference in the level of maternal anxiety between mothers
whose babies failed the first screening and passed the second screening. Even
though both results showed that there was a significant reduction in the level of
maternal anxiety, but some of them are still in anxiety state. Therefore, actions
need to be taken to improve the failure rate in UNHS.
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