The Effects of a Home-Visiting Discharge Education on Maternal Self-esteem, Maternal Attachment, Postpartum Depression and Family Function in the Mothers of NICU Infants / 간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
; : 1468-1476, 2004.
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in En
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: A quasi-experimental study was performed to investigate the effects of a home visiting discharge education program on the maternal self-esteem, attachment, postpartum depression and family function in 35 mothers of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infants. METHODS: Twenty-three mothers in the intervention group received the home visiting discharge education while 12 mothers in the control group received the routine, hospital discharge education. Baseline data was collected in both groups one day after delivery. The intervention group received the home visiting discharge education while the control group did the routine hospital-based discharge education. The questionnaire including the data on maternal self-esteem, attachment, postpartum depression and family function were collected within 1week after the discharge by mail. RESULTS: The scores of maternal self-esteem, and attachment were significantly increased, and the postpartum depression and the family function score were decreased after the home visiting discharge education in intervention group. There were no changes in these variables before and after the routine hospital-based discharge education in control group. CONCLUSION: These results support the beneficial effects of home visiting discharge education on the maternal role adaptation and family function of the mothers of NICU infants.
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Database:
WPRIM
Main subject:
Patient Discharge
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Postnatal Care
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Public Health Nursing
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Self Concept
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Adaptation, Psychological
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Nursing Evaluation Research
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Program Evaluation
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Attitude to Health
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Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
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Family Health
Type of study:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article