：Objective To explore the status of uncertainty in illness of mothers and continuing care needs of premature infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit(NICU), as well as their correlation, to provide basis for clinical intervention and follow-up after hospital discharge. Methods 〓Mothers of premature infants who gave births in 4 grade-A tertiary hospitals in Ningxia between September 2015 and February 2016 were selected as research subjects. All mothers with inclusion criteria were investigated with Parents' Perception of Uncertainty Scale(PPUS)and continuing care needs of preterm infants questionnaire. Results 〓Totally 968 valid questionnaireswereobtained. The total score PPUS was(88.20±9.74). The proportion of mothers with low, moderate and high uncertainty in illness was 17.67%, 52.07% and 30.27%, respectively. The total score of continuing care needs assessment was(114.30±20.86). Mothers atlevels of uncertainty in illnesshaddifferent levelsofcontinuing care demands(F=3.352, P0.05), and the higher score of continuing care needs was associated with higher level of uncertainty in illness(P0.05). In addition to nursing measures and common risk protection, the total score of uncertainty in illness of mothers and the scores of each dimension were positively correlated with the total score of continuing care needs of premature infants and the scores of each dimension( P0.05). Conclusion 〓Uncertainty in illness of mothers was closely related to the continuing care needs of premature infants in NICU. Medical staff should not only provide high-quality care for premature infants, but also pay attention to their mother's mental status, and give appropriate measures to reduce uncertainty in illness. At the same time, more efforts should be made to strengthen the establishment of continuing nursing service for premature infants and improve their quality of life.
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