Continuing care for mothers and newborn babies by multidisciplinary team and district health networks

Abstract

This study aimed to develop continuing care for mothers and newborn babies by participation of the multidisciplinary team and district health networks.  Sample was mothers who were admitted at Tao-ngoi hospital.  They were two phases: 1) Before developing phase, there were 30 mothers who received routine care service. Data were collected during July 2014 to November 2014; 2) After developing phase, there were 37 mothers who received developed continuing care. Data were collected during December 2014 to April 2015. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results revealed that mothers in the after development group or continuing care group had higher scores on knowledge regarding self-care than the before group (Before:  23.44; S.D 2.55, and After:  27.32; S.D 3.68) and satisfaction scores higher than the control group (Before:  85.33; S.D 10.83 and After:  88.92; S.D 8.78). The numbers of readmission rates of both mothers and newborn babies in the continuing care/After group were less than the Before group (For mothers in the Before group: the readmission rate was 1.75 %  and the After group was 0.68%; and for new born babies, the readmission rates of the Before group was 14.28 % and the After group was 4.76%).