Korean Parent-Child Health Journal (부모자녀건강학회지)

The Academic Society of Parent-Child Health (부모자녀건강학회)
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Comparison of Knowledge and Confidence of Newborn Care between Mother and Father

어머니와 아버지의 신생아 돌보기 지식과 자신감 비교

  • Kwon, Mi-Kyung (Department of Nursing, Catholic Kwandong University) ;
  • Bang, Kyung-Sook (College of Nursing.The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyungkyung (Graduate School of Seoul National University)
  • 권미경 (가톨릭관동대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 방경숙 (서울대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소) ;
  • 김형경 (서울대학교 대학원 간호학과)
  • Received : 2015.03.09
  • Accepted : 2015.05.30
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was to compare the knowledge and confidence of newborn care between mother and father. In furthermore, to develop a nursing intervention based on the data. Methods: A descriptive design was used, the participants of this study were 85 couples of mother and father of newborn, hospitalized in postpartum care center. Knowledge and confidence of newborn care was measured from the two postpartum care center located in G province. Descriptive statistics, paired t-test, t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data using SPSS. Results: Comparing to the mothers', the scores for fathers' knowledge and confidence of newborn care were lower. Particularly, fathers of first-born showed lower score of knowledge and confidence of newborn care. Also, fathers were lacking of knowledge and confidence related to health problem management. Conclusion: The results showed that nursing intervention which encourage fathers to raise the confidence in involvement of newborn care is needed to be developed. Also evaluation of the effect of newborn care education for parents, and longitudinal study of effect on infant and child development is suggested.

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