[
    {
        "id": "osp-9860",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Relationship Between Parents' Mental Health and Infant Admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al Omairi",
                "given": "Jahad"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Balushi",
                "given": "Abrar"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Sumri",
                "given": "Hana"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/relationship-between-parents-mental-health-and-infant-admission-to-the-neonatal-intensive-care-unit-at-sultan-qaboos-university-hospital-oman",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2026
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "26",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "221-229",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.2976",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to assess levels of depression, anxiety and stress among parents of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)-admitted infants at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) in Muscat, Oman, and to examine their association with parental sociodemographic characteristics and infants' clinical factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at SQUH between December 2024 and March 2025 and included parents of NICU-admitted infants. Mental health status was assessed using the validated Arabic version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-42), while sociodemographic and clinical data were collected using structured questionnaires. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed, with significance set at P ≤0.05. Results: A total of 86 participating parents were included; 44.2% were fathers, 54.7% mothers and 1.2% other caregivers with a mean age of 33.85 ± 5.81 years. Anxiety was most prevalent (23.3%), followed by depression (18.6%) and stress (10.5%). Depression was significantly higher among parents aged 20–29 years (P = 0.048). Prematurity was significantly associated with both depression and stress, while stress was also higher among parents with a history of stillbirth or those whose infants required resuscitation (P"
    }
]