The impact of an educational intervention on neonatal intensive care unit nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of parental participation in kangaroo mother care.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the education interventions on NICU nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of parental participation in kangaroo mother care (KMC) in NICU. A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest nonequivalent group design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the education interventions on NICU nurses' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of parental participation in KMC delivered in the neonatal intensive care units at three hospitals. 160 nurses participated in the study, with a division of 80 in the educational group, and 80 in the non-educational group. The results showed that the educational group was statistically different in knowledge post-intervention (t = -2.819, df = 79, p≤0.001). The pre-intervention mean attitude for the educ

SUBMITTER: Abuhammad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293694 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature