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:: Volume 20, Issue 6 (6-2018) ::
J Babol Univ Med Sci. 2018; Volume 20 Back to browse issues page
The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Mental Health of Mothers with Premature Infants
Y Zahed pasha , A Salarmanesh , S Khafri , S Mouodi , A Arzani *
5. Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R.Iran , ARZANIAF@GMAIL.COM
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Mothers with premature infants experience high levels of psychological stress. Considering the importance of maternal mental health as a parent-child care provider, this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Kangaroo Mother’s Care (KMC) of premature infant on mother’s mental health.
METHODS: In this quasi-experimental study, 60 mothers with premature infants (less than 37 weeks pregnant) admitted to Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, were selected by non-random sampling method. They divided into two study groups marked as experimental group (n=30) and control group (n=30). Data were collected using the demographic questionnaire and General Health of Goldberg & Hiller questionnaire. The 28-item questionnaire consisted of 4 sub-scales: physical symptoms, anxiety and sleep symptoms, social function, and depression symptoms. A score of over 22 indicates a symptom of the disease. In the intervention group, mothers spent at least 2 hours, 3 to 4 times a day for one week. The control group had the current process in the care. The questionnaire was completed at the beginning and one month after the admission of the newborn in both groups and the data were compared.
FINDINGS: Finding showed that the overall mental health score in the intervention group before and after maternal care was (28.77±13.09) to (13.66±6.5) and in the control group (30.86±15.97) to (20.99±8.89) that this difference was significant (p<0.01). In relation to the scales in the intervention and control groups, respectively, the anxiety and sleep patterns (3.7±1.5 in contrast to 5.67±3.39), social function disorder (5.9±2.58 vs 7.21±2.2) Physical symptoms (2.13±1.88 vs. 5.2±3.31) had a significant difference between the two groups (p<0.05), but in the case of depressive symptoms (1.03±0.3) vs 2.7±2.31), this difference was not significant (p>0.05).
CONCLUSION: Regarding the results of this research, use of Kangaroo Mother’s Care (KMC) for improve of premature infant on mother’s mental health is step for health family.
Keywords: Kangaroo Mother’s Care (KMC), Mental Health, Premature
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Type of Study: Interventional | Subject: Nursing
Received: 2017/12/26 | Accepted: 2018/05/26 | Published: 2018/06/18
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Zahed pasha Y, Salarmanesh A, Khafri S, Mouodi S, Arzani A. The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Mental Health of Mothers with Premature Infants . J Babol Univ Med Sci 2018; 20 (6) :7-13
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