Maternal Kangaroo care education program in the neonatal intensive care unit improved mothers' perceptions, knowledge, perceived barriers and stress relates to premature infant.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess the effectiveness of the maternal kangaroo care education programme over 1 month and 3 months on the mother's perception, knowledge, perceived barriers and stress.

Design

A quasi-experimental and longitudinal study was conducted among mothers with premature infants.

Methods

Forty-eight mother-infant dyads were enrolled per arm in the control and experimental groups. The control group received standard routine care, while the experimental group received a maternal kangaroo care education program. Data were collected through self-administered Kangaroo Care Questionnaires. Chi-square, the general linear model and repeated measures ANOVA were used to analyse data.

Results

The demographics are a majority of Malay mothers with multipara, a caesarean del

SUBMITTER: Samsudin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9748066 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature