Development of a Program to Promote Maternal Role Confidence and Maternal Attachment for Mothers of Premature Infants
10.22650/JKCNR.2019.25.1.25
- Author:
Eun Sook KIM
1
;
Young Hee YI
;
Eun Jung LEE
;
Jung Yoon LEE
Author Information
1. Advanced Practice Nurse, Department of Nursing, Samsung Medical Center · Doctoral Student, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Infant;
Premature;
Maternal Role Confidence;
Maternal Attachment;
Intensive Care Unit;
Neonatal
- MeSH:
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Premature;
Intensive Care Units;
Intensive Care, Neonatal;
Korea;
Mothers
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2019;25(1):25-33
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to develop a program to promote maternal role confidence and maternal attachment for mothers of premature infants and to evaluate the effects in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). METHODS: This program was developed through a literature review and validation of an expert group, and tested with 60 preterm infants (experimental group 30, control group 30) in a NICU in South Korea. Data were collected from December 2017 to March 2018 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, χ²-test and Fisher's exact test with the SPSS/Win statistical program. RESULTS: Maternal role confidence for the experimental group increased significantly compared to the control group (t=3.22, p=.002). Maternal attachment in the experimental group increased significantly compared to the control group (t=2.30, p=.025). CONCLUSION: The program developed in this study should be effective in promoting maternal role confidence and maternal attachment in mothers of premature infants.
