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http://dx.doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.1.79

Effects of a Hospital Based Follow-Up Program for Mothers with Very Low Birth Weight Infants  

Kim, Min Hee (Department of Pediatrics, KonKuk University Medical Center)
Ji, Eun Sun (Department of Nursing, KonKuk University Glocal Campus)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.46, no.1, 2016 , pp. 79-89 More about this Journal
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 ${\chi}^2$-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.
Keywords
Very low birth weight infants; Follow-up studies; Parenting; Coping behavior;
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