Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore the influence of individual nursing instruction on the infant care knowledge (KICC) and maternal confidence (MCQ) of primiparas and sums of care problems of primipara’ perception (SCPPP) during the first two weeks postpartum. A quasiexperimental design with purposive sampling was adopted for this study. A selected group of 63 subjects was divided into an experimental group comprising 30 subjects and a control group comprising 33 subjects. The researcher provided individual nursing instruction to the experimental group. The data was analyzed using SPSS/PC software, including chi-square test, t-test, Pearson correlation, and one-way ANOVA. The results were: (1) After individual nursing instruction, primiparas in the experimental group improved their scores for infant care knowledge (KICCI) and maternal confidence (MCQI). (2) The sum of care problems of primipara’ perception (SCPPP) about infant care of the experimental group was significantly lower than the SCPPP of the control group. (3) Infant care knowledge and maternal confidence were negatively correlated with the sums of care problems of primipara’ perception (SCPPP). (4)There was a significant relationship between primiparas (and infants) characteristics and infant care related factors. Based on the research findings, individual nursing instruction program is effective and should be more prevalently used in the future.
| Translated title of the contribution | Effects of Individual Nursing Instruction on Infant Care Knowledge and Maternal Confidence of Primiparas |
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| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 152-164 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Hu li yan jiu = Nursing research |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- individual nursing instruction
- primipara
- maternal confidence
- infant care knowledge
- the sum of care problems of primipara' perception