Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Transition Model-Based Discharge Training in Parents of Preterm Infants:Double Blinded A Randomized Controlled Study

Intervention Group: The intervention protocol of the research will be based on the Transition Model. Discharge training will be applied to the participants in line with the "Preterm Baby Care Guide" at the discharge stage. Weekly telephone follow-up will be carried out for 12 weeks after discharge. Applications to be made to the initiative group are given below. Phone Follow-up/Interview: During the first 12 weeks following the discharge of the preterm baby, parents will be interviewed by phone at least once a week. During the interview, issues concerning the baby's health status (baby bed, physical conditions of the house, newborn jaundice, nutrition, etc.) will be included in the scope of the interview and suggestions will be made for the baby's growth and development in healthy conditions (safe sleep, clothing selection, etc.). Interviews will be held in line with the "Baby Care Skill Form" and each interview will be recorded in the form. The duration and number of interviews will be determined according to the needs of the parent. In addition, in this process, information such as which health institution application has been made, the degree of the institution applied (primary / secondary / tertiary health institution) will be recorded. Control Group: Participants in this group will be included in the routine neonatal clinic discharge training of the hospital where the research was conducted and no intervention will be applied. The Parents and Preterm Baby General Information Form will be applied to the parents who agreed to participate in the study at the first interview, and when the data collection process of the research is completed, these parents will be contacted by phone and the Transition Scale and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale will be applied. As in the intervention group, information such as the status of application to the health institution, the reason for the application and the degree of the institution applied to (primary / secondary / tertiary health institution) will be recorded in this group. Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS 23) package program will be used in the evaluation of the data obtained from the research. For the intervention and control groups, the Cronbach Alpha coefficient, scale score average and minimum-maximum values will be calculated for the pre-test and post-test. In order to compare the pre-test and post-test data of the intervention and control groups, the t-test for the difference of the mean of the two peer groups (t-test of two paired groups), the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, and the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, and the Mann Whitney-U Test for the data without normal distribution will be performed.