Effects of a Hospital Based Follow-Up Program for Mothers with Very Low Birth Weight Infants.
10.4040/jkan.2016.46.1.79
- Author:
Min Hee KIM
1
;
Eun Sun JI
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, KonKuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Very low birth weight infants;
Follow-up studies;
Parenting;
Coping behavior
- MeSH:
Adaptation, Psychological;
Adult;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Hospitals;
House Calls;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Premature;
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight;
Male;
Mothers/*psychology;
*Parenting;
*Program Evaluation;
Self-Help Groups;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2016;46(1):79-89
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This paper reports the results of a hospital centered follow-up program on parenting stress, parenting efficacy and coping for mothers with very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. METHODS: The follow-up program consisted of home visiting by an expert group and self-help program for 1 year. A non-equivalent control group pre-post quasi-experimental design was used. Participants were 70 mothers with low birth weight infants and were assigned to one of two groups, an experimental groups (n=28), which received the family support program; and a control group (n=27), which received the usual discharge education. Data were analyzed using chi2-test, t-test, and ANCOVA with IBM SPSS statistics 20.0. RESULTS: Mothers' parenting stress (F=5.66, p=.004) was significantly decreased in the experimental group. There were also significant increases in parenting efficacy (F=13.05, p<.001) and coping (F=8.91, p=.002) in the experimental group. CONCLUSION: The study findings suggest that a follow-up program for mothers with VLBW infants is an effective intervention to decrease mothers' parenting stress and to enhance parenting efficacy and coping.
