Maternal assessment of recommendations on the newborn infant care upon hospital discharge. / Maternal assessment of recommendations on the newborn infant care upon hospital discharge.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: It is common for pediatricians to provide parents with information on how to look after their newborn baby at the time of discharge from the hospital. The objectives of this study are to determine the level of satisfaction regarding such information, to be aware of what additional information parents would have liked to receive, and to establish which factors may impact any additional information request. POPULATION AND METHODS: Descriptive study evaluating the opinion of women at 5-15 days post- partum regarding such information. RESULTS: A hundred and seventy-six surveys were collected. Of these, 68.8