극소저출생체중아 어머니를 위한 병원중심의 추후관리프로그램의 효과

• Published in: Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 79 - 89
• Main Authors: 김민희(Kim, Min Hee), 지은선(Ji, Eun Sun)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국간호과학회 2016
• Subjects: Parenting; Coping behavior; 대처행동; Very low birth weight infants; 추후 관리 연구; 양육; 극소저출생체중아; Follow-up studies
• ISSN: 2005-3673; 2093-758X

Purpose: This paper reports the results of a hospital centered follow-up program on parenting stress, parenting efficacy and coping for mothers with very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Methods: The follow-up program consisted of home visiting by an expert group and self-help program for 1 year. A non-equivalent control group pre-post quasi-experimental design was used. Participants were 70 mothers with low birth weight infants and were assigned to one of two groups, an experimental groups (n=28), which received the family support program; and a control group (n=27), which received the usual discharge education. Data were analyzed using ${\chi}^2$-test, t-test, and ANCOVA with IBM SPSS statistics 20.0. Results: Mothers' parenting stress (F=5.66, p=.004) was significantly decreased in the experimental group. There were also significant increases in parenting efficacy (F=13.05, p<.001) and coping (F=8.91, p=.002) in the experimental group. Conclusion: The study findings suggest that a follow-up program for mothers with VLBW infants is an effective intervention to decrease mothers' parenting stress and to enhance parenting efficacy and coping.