The Effect of the Mobile Application Developed for Home Care of the Premature Baby on the Mother's Baby Care Skills, Self-efficacy and Mother-infant Bonding
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mother
- Sponsor
- Ankara University
- Enrollment
- 48
- Primary Endpoint
- parent self-efficacy scale
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Gülçin KORKMAZ YENİCE
Principal Investigator
Ankara University
Eligibility Criteria
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
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)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
parent self-efficacy scale
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- maternal attachment scale(up to 14 months)