Effects of family integrated care on positive feelings and readiness for hospital discharge among mothers of premature infants / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the effects of family integrated care(FICare) on positive feelings and readiness for hospital discharge among mothers of premature.Methods:From January to October 2021, a total of 100 premature infants were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit(NICU) of General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, and their mothers were admitted to this program.They were divided into research group (52 cases) and control group (48 cases) randomly.The premature infants in the control group received NICU routine care during hospitalization, meanwhile the premature infants and the mothers in the research group were given FICare on the routine care during hospitalization.On the 2nd day of admission (before the intervention) and 1 day before discharge (after the intervention), the positive aspects of caregiver (PAC) and the readiness for hospital discharge scale (RHDS) were used to evaluate the positive feelings and readiness for discharge of premature infants' mothers in the two groups.The t-test of two independent samples was used for measurement data between the two groups, and the paired t-test was used for intra-group comparison by SPSS 22.0 statistical software.The comparison of enumeration data between the two groups was carried out by chi-square test. Results:There were no significant differences in the scores of PAC and discharge readiness (both P>0.05) between the two groups before intervention.After the intervention, the premature mothers' total score of PAC in the research group and control group were((32.00±2.79), (27.40±3.37)), the self-affirmation dimension were ((18.55±2.39), (16.10±1.77)), the life outlook dimension were( (13.45±1.93), (11.30±2.20)), and all the scores in the research group were higher than those of the control group (all P<0.05). The total scores of readiness for hospital discharge in the research group and control group were ((106.75±6.11), (100.40±10.41)), personal status dimension were ((26.92±2.37), (25.11±3.32)), adaptability dimension were ((43.50±2.70), (40.64±4.65)), and the anticipatory support dimension were ((36.33±2.16), (34.29±3.29)). The total scores and each dimensions of the mothers' readiness for hospital discharge in the research group were higher than those in the control group (all P<0.05). After the intervention, the positive feeling total score and all dimensions score of the two groups of premature mothers were higher than before intervention (all P<0.05). After intervention, the total score of readiness for hospital discharge and the scores of all dimensions of premature mothers in the research group were higher than before intervention (all P<0.05). And there were no significant difference in the total scores of readiness for hospital discharge and other dimensions in the control group comparison before and after intervention(all P>0.05), except adaptability dimensions ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The findings suggest that FICare can improve the positive feelings of mothers of premature infants and hospital discharge readiness especially.