O Sentido da Vida de Mães com Filhos na UTI Neonatal

Ruth de Sousa Silva e Silva; José Victor De Oliveira Santos; Ludgleydson Fernandes de Araújo

doi:10.26823/nufen.v13i1.20029

Authors

Ruth de Sousa Silva e Silva Universidade Federal do Piauí
José Victor De Oliveira Santos Universidade Federal do Piauí http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6661-2873
Ludgleydson Fernandes de Araújo Universidade Federal do Piauí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26823/nufen.v13i1.20029

Keywords:

Mãe, Sentido da Vida, UTIN

Abstract

The present study aimed to verify and describe the meaning of life for mothers with children in the NICU. 12 mothers aged between 18 and 33 years participated (m = 24.16 and SD = 5.27) and their children's hospitalization time at the time of the research varied between 1 and 73 days (m = 15 days and SD = 19.62). The Free Word Association Test (TALP) was used, which were analyzed using the semantic network technique. The meaning of the life of mothers with children was verified in the neonatal intensive carecontext, showing that they respond favorably to the meaning that life presents them, even in an adverse environment. The technique used undid ambiguities in the emotional manifestations of mothers in relation to Rev. Nufen: Phenom. Interd. | Belém, 13(1),222-241,jan.–abr., 2021.223the current NICU concept, demystifying for this group that the unit does not represent finitude, but life.