The Effect of the Mobile Application Developed for Home Care of Preterm

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Premature; Home Care; Mobile Application; Mother; Education
• Interventions: Other: education with mobile application

• Registration Number: NCT05438056
• Lead Sponsor: Ankara University

Brief Summary

mobile application will be developed to support the post-discharge home care of mothers of premature babies. With the developed mobile application, the effect of the education given to the mothers on the knowledge and skills of infant care, mother-infant attachment, and the mother's self-efficacy will be evaluated.

Detailed Description

This research aims to examine the effect of the mobile application developed for the home care of the babies of the mothers of premature babies on their baby care knowledge and skills, mother-infant attachment and mother self-efficacy. A mobile application will be developed to support mothers who care for their premature babies at home after discharge. The application will be installed on the phones of mothers whose babies are discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. After the babies are discharged, mothers will be trained at home with a mobile application. Maternal self-efficacy and mother-infant supplementation will be measured when infants admitted the NICU and one month after discharge the NICU.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-28
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-29
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-01
• Study Start: 2022-12-16
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-30
• Study Completion: 2023-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

For mothers;

• Being over the age of 18,
• Having a premature baby
• At least primary school graduate,
• Smart mobile app can be installed have a phone,
• Being able to understand and speak Turkish,
• Residing in Ankara

For babies;

• 32-37 weeks of gestation of the baby (middle and borderline premature)
• Baby in neonatal intensive care unit to stay
• Not having undergone a surgical operation,
• Absence of physical anomalies

Exclusion Criteria

For Mothers;

• Diagnosed with postpartum depression
• unwillingness to participate in the study

For babies;

• Very small preterm (born below 28 weeks of gestation) and small preterm (between 28 and 31 weeks of gestation)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
providing training to mothers of premature babies with a mobile application	education with mobile application	providing training with mobile application to mothers discharged home with their premature babies +standard education prior to discharge

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
parent self-efficacy scale	up to 14 months	scale that measures mother's self-efficacy for baby care.The unabridged name of the scale is parent self-efficacy scale. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 18, the highest score is 90. low score indicates high self-efficacy.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
maternal attachment scale	up to 14 months	scale that measuring mother-infant attachment. The unabridged name of the scale is maternal attachment scale. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 26, the highest score is 104. A high score indicates high maternal attachment.