The Effect of Empowering Mothers of Infants Hospitalized at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Their Participation in Neonatal Care
Advances in Nursing & Midwifery,
Vol. 27 No. 4 (2018),
22 July 2018
,
Page 26-31
Abstract
AbstractIntroduction: Mothers’ participation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is important
in promoting neonatal care and good outcomes for neonates and their mothers. The
present study was conducted with the aim of assessing the effect of empowering
mothers of hospitalized neonates on the level of their participation in neonatal care.
Methods: This quasi-experimental single-group study with before-after design
recruited 59 mothers of neonates hospitalized at the NICU, selected according to the
study inclusion criteria. Data were collected using educational needs questionnaire
and the maternal participation checklist. The questionnaire was completed by
mothers and the participation checklist by the researcher before the intervention. The
empowerment program was then implemented over 2 to 4 days.
Results: Comparison of participants› checklist scores before and after the
implementation of the empowerment program in 3 domains of care needs, information
needs, and bonding, and attachment needs, showed significant increases in the level of
mothers› participation. The comparison of checklist participation scores showed that
the Mean (M) and Standard Deviation (SD) of scores before and after performing the
mothers› empowerment were respectively 7.61 ± 3.66 and 12.38 ± 1.31 in the care
area, 1.47 ± 0.99 and 3.13 ± 0.66 in the information area, and 4.77 ± 1.42 and 5.70 ±
0.59 in the area of attachment and dependency.
Conclusions: Implementation of the empowerment program for mothers based on
their educational needs significantly increased mothers› participation in neonatal
care. This empowerment program could be applied for a broad range of population of
mothers at the intensive care units of neonates.
- Intensive Care Units
- Neonatal
- mothers
- empowerment
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