• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.397-410
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• 2000

This is a nonequivalent control group pretest- posttest design in quasi experimental basis to assess how the thermal head and feet support influences on early stage weight gain in premature neonates. The clients were selected among the premature infants with the weight under 2000gms and with the gestational period under 37 weeks, admitted over 15 days in K university hospital, Seoul. The control group of 29 were selected from January 1998 to August 1998, who were without head and feet thermal support, and the experimental group of 30 were selected from September 1998 to May 1999, who were with the two thermal interventions. The results of the study follow, 1.The experimental group with thermal interventions showed more weight gain than the control group without thermal interven- tions, which was statistically significant between the two groups. 2.The physiological weight loss after birth showed less in the experimental group than in the control group. 3.The recovery of the birth weight after the physiologic weight loss showed no statistical difference between the experimental group and the control group. Consequently, the thermal head and feet supportive nursing intervention could be applied as a nursing intervention program to help the premature neonates' development. With the results above we should like to suggest the following: 1) A continuous application in the practice of our thermal supportive intervention for the premature neonates, a development of the content through evaluation, and a comparision of the results through a long time study. 2) A neccessity of deveopment of various study and cross comparision. 3) A neccessity of multi-angular study on the premature infants' characteristics influencing the thermal therapy and the study of the individual differences of the clients.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.398-404
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• 2006

Purpose: To investigate the rate of questionable development in infants born prematurely and explore factors affecting developmental delays. Method: The participants were 46 infants born prematurely being seen in one of two urban health centers. A questionnaire and the HOME checklist were used to collect data, and the Korean Denver II developmental screening test was administered. Results: Of the participants 21.7% were classified as having questionable development. The only variable with a significant difference between the two groups was acceptance　in the HOME checklist. Psychosocial factors such as mothers' burden, depression, family functioning, and social support were not significantly different between the two groups. Conclusion: An early developmental screening test for prematurely born infants is needed. Also, the childrearing environment was identified as a significant factor in infants' development. These findings suggest that HOME score might be useful for identifying infants at risk for developmental delays and interventions for these infants will probably be more effective if their mothers can provide a more appropriate social environment. Further studies are suggested with larger samples.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2013

목적 본 연구는 미숙아를 출산한 어머니의 양육스트레스를 파악하고 어머니와 아동 특성에 따른 양육스트레스 관련성 확인을 위해 시도되었다. 방법 서울소재 Y대학병원에서 미숙아로 태어나 신생아집중치료실 치료를 받고 퇴원한 교정연령 4개월 이상 12개월 이하 영아 어머니 36명을 대상으로 어머니와 아동의 일반적 특성, 아동의 발달 상태를 평가하기 위한 K-ASQ, 어머니 양육스트레스 측정을 위해 Abdin (1990)이 개발한 PSI와 우울정도 측정을 위해 Beck (1967)의 우울척도 BDI를 사용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS WIN 19.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA, 피어슨 상관관계 방법으로 분석하였다. 결과 미숙아 어머니 양육스트레스 최고 175점 중 평균 $74.639{\pm}17.570$으로 양육스트레스가 있는 수준이었다. 어머니에게 사생활 여유(t=2.684, p<.05)가 있을 경우 총 양육스트레스가 통계적으로 유의하게 낮았으며, 주거상태가 자택(t=-2.228, p<.05)일 경우와 지역사회로부터 자녀양육에 대한 정보지원을 받은 경우(t=2.855, p<.05) 양육스트레스 하부 영역 중 아동의 까다로운 기질로 인한 양육스트레스가 통계적으로 유의하게 낮았다. 어머니 우울정도가 높을수록 총 양육스트레스가 높았으며(r=.569, p<.01), 양육스트레스 하부 영역 중 부모자녀의 역기능적 상호작용과 부모 스트레스(r=.590, p<.01), 아동의 까다로운 기질로 인한 양육스트레스(r=.442, p<.01) 사이에 각각 높은상관성을 보였다. 결론 미숙아 어머니 양육스트레스 중재를 위해 어머니 사생활 여유를 마련하고 지역사회로 부터 정보지원을 받을 수 있는 사회적 지지체계가 요구되며, 어머니 우울감소를 위한 프로그램 개발 및 부모자녀 상호작용과 발달상태 평가에 대한 부모 교육 방안을 마련해야 할 것이다.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2010

Purpose: The study was done to measure the effects of maternal heart sound on body weight, physiologic reactions (heart rate [HR] and cortisol) and behavioral states of preterm infants. Methods: Thirty-five preterm infants were recruited from a neonatal intensive care unit at a university hospital. Institutional Review Board approval and informed consent were obtained. The infants were assigned to an experimental group (n=18) with an auditory stimulation for 7 days of life, a continuous delivery of maternal heart sound using MP3 attached inside the incubator, or to a control (n=17) without any auditory stimulation. The outcome variables, daily variations in weight, HR and behavioral states, and differences in cortisol were analyzed. Results: There were differences in variations of daily weights (F=3.431, p=.011) and in cortisol (t=3.184, p=.006) between groups, but no difference in variations of daily HR (F=0.331, p=.933) and behavioral states (F=1.842, p=.323). Conclusion: The findings support the safety of continuous maternal heart sound as no changes in HR and behavioral states occurred, and the efficacy as weight increased and cortisol decreased. This auditory simulation may lead to more efficient utilization of energy in preterm infants by consistently providing familiar sounds from intrauterine life and blocking noxious sounds from NICU environments.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.277-288
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• 2017

Purpose: This study was performed to identify the experience of becoming a father of a high risk premature infant. Methods: Grounded theory was used for this research. The participants were 12 fathers who had premature infants lighter than 2,500g of birth weight, less than 37 weeks of gestational age and having stayed 2 weeks or longer in a NICU right after birth. Theoretical sampling was done to identify participants and indepth interviews were done for the data collection. For data analysis, the process suggested by Corbin and Strauss was used. Results: For these participants the core phenomenon of the experience of becoming a father of a high risk premature infant was 'striving through with belief and patience'. The phenomenon was 'being frustrated in an unrealistic shock'. Contextual conditions were 'uncertainty in the health status of the premature baby' and 'no one to ask for help' and intervening conditions were 'possibility in the health recovery of the premature baby' and 'assistance from significant others'. Action/interaction strategies were 'withstanding with belief in the baby' and 'enduring with willpower as head of the family' and the consequence was 'becoming a guardian of the family'. Conclusion: For the participants, the process of becoming the father of a high risk premature infant was striving through the situation with belief in their babies' ability to overcome the crisis and waiting for the babies' recovery with patience.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2015

목적 본 연구의 목적은 미숙아의 퇴원 시점에 미숙아 어머니의 산후우울 정도를 확인하고 미숙아와 어머니의 인구사회학적, 임상적 특성과 산후우울과의 관련성을 조사하는 것이다. 방법 본 연구는 자가 보고식 설문조사 방법과 의무기록 조사 방법을 사용하여 자료를 수집하였으며 연구 대상자는 서울시 2개 대학병원과 시립병원, 강릉시 1개 종합병원에서 미숙아로 출생하여 신생아중환자실에 입원한 환아 중에서 퇴원이 예정된 환아와 그 어머니 80명이다. 결과 미숙아 어머니의 산후우울 점수의 평균은 $9.75{\pm}5.06$점이었고 산후 우울의 위험이 있다고 판단되는 12점 이상군은 전체의 30.0%였다. 산후우울과 관련된 변수는 어머니의 교육 수준(F =3.493, p =.035)과 가정 내 월 소득(F=5.828, p =.004), 다태아 여부(t=2.141, p =.037), 융모양막염(t=2.349, p =.021), 양수과소증(t=-2.226, p =.029), 기관지폐이형성증(t=2.085, p =.040), 배기질출혈(t=2.259, p =.027) 여부, 개정판 NBRS 점수(t=-2.772, p =.007)였다. 그리고 산후우울과 미숙아의 입원 시 주요 건강문제의 개수의 합(r=.252, p =.024)과 개정판 NBRS 점수(r=.316, p =.004)와는 유의한 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 결론 미숙아 어머니들의 산후우울의 위험에 대한 관심이 요구되며 미숙아의 객관적 건강 상태뿐 아니라 사회경제적 수준 등 산후우울에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 다양한 변인을 고려하여 미숙아 어머니의 산후우울 정도를 감소시키기 위한 중재 전략이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2022

We frequently encounter newborn infants with thrombocytosis in the neonatal intensive care unit. However, neonatal thrombocytosis is not yet fully understood. Thrombocytosis is more frequently identified in newborns and young infants, notably more often in those younger than 2 years than in older children or adults. The production of megakaryocytes (megakaryopoiesis) and platelets (thrombopoiesis) is mainly regulated by thrombopoietin (TPO). Increased TPO levels during infection or inflammation can stimulate megakaryopoiesis, resulting in thrombopoiesis. TPO concentrations are higher in newborn infants than in adults. Levels increase after birth, peak on the second day after birth, and start decreasing at 1 month of age. Initial platelet counts at birth increase with gestational age. Thus, preterm infants have lower initial platelet counts at birth than late-preterm or term infants. Postnatal thrombocytosis is more frequently observed in preterm infants than in term infants. A high TPO concentration and low TPO receptor expression on platelets leading to elevated plasma-free TPO, increased sensitivity of megakaryocyte precursor cells to TPO, a decreased red blood cell count, and immaturity of platelet regulation are speculated to induce thrombocytosis in preterm infants. Thrombocytosis in newborn infants is considered a reactive process (secondary thrombocytosis) following infection, acute/chronic inflammation, or anemia. Thrombocytosis in newborn infants is benign, resolves spontaneously, and, unlike in adults, is rarely associated with hemorrhagic and thromboembolic complications.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of a workbook program on percieved stress levels, maternal role confidence and breastfeeding practices of mothers of premature infants. Method: This study employed a quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre-and-post test to compare the two groups. Data was collected from 32 subjects from March 10. to September 5, 2003 at an NICU located in S. city. In the sample, fifteen mothers were in the experimental group and seventeen were in the control group. A workbook program was provided twice during a period from two-three days after the baby's admission to one week after the first intervention. The instruments used were the PSS and self confidence scale. Data was analyzed by means of frequency, SD, $x^2-test$, Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney test, and the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Result: There was a significant difference in perceived stress levels between the experimental and control group (U=2.366, p=.018). There was not a significant difference in maternal role confidence between the two groups (U=1.002, p=.316). There was a significant difference in breastfeeding practice between the two groups ($x^2=4.910$, p=.035). Conclusion: It is concluded that a program using a workbook has a positive effect on decreasing the perceived stress level and increasing breastfeeding practice.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.472-480
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• 2005

Purpose: Purpose of this study was to identify the effects on maternal role strain, maternal role confidence and maternal identity of a maternal role promotion program for mothers of premature infants. Method: A quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre-and-post test was used to compare the two groups. The data were collected from 62 mothers from September 10. 2003 to August 30, 2004 at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit(NICU) located in S. city and K. city. The maternal role promotion program was provided three times during the period from two-three days after the baby's admission to 1 month after the baby's discharge. The instruments for measurement were the Perceived Role Difficulty & Steffensmeier Scale, Self Confidence Scale and Semantic Differential Scale. Data were analyzed by means of frequency, mean and SD, $x^2$-test and t-test. Results: There were significant differences in maternal role strain level between the experimental and control group (t=2.163, p=.035), in the maternal role confidence between the two groups(t=-5.645, p=.000) and in maternal identity between the two groups(t=-4.923, p=.000). Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the maternal role promotion program had positive effects in decreasing maternal role strain levels and increasing maternal role confidence and maternal identity.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.9-22
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• 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the gaps in research related to developmentally supportive care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The ultimate goal was to explore directions of further research on developmentally supportive care for premature patients. Methods: The Arksey and O'Malley scoping review method was used. Articles on developmentally supportive care for preterm infants in the NICU, written in English or Korean, were identified through electronic search engines. A total of 279 papers were identified in the initial search, of which 22 full-text papers were included in this review. Results: Several nursing studies have been published in the past 5 years. The important elements of developmentally supportive care were family-centered care and management of the NICU environment. The primary developmentally supportive care interventions were training programs to promote the care competency of NICU nurses. Conclusion: It is necessary to actively develop comprehensive developmental support interventions that consider the various elements of developmentally supportive care for preterm infants. Additional studies should be done to develop programs that provide direct intervention for premature infant and their families.