Anxiety of mothers of newborns with congenital malformations in the pre- and postnatal periods
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the anxiety level of the mothers of newborns with congenital malformations who were diagnosed in prenatal and postnatal care.Methods: a cross-sectional study with 115 mothers of 117 newborns with congenital malformation admitted to three neonatal units.A questionnaire containing maternal and neonatal variables was use