The Effect of Maternal Empowerment Program Combined with a Gentletouch on Behavior Response of Low Birth Weight Newborn

Authors

  • กัลยาลักษณ์ ไชยศิริ Master student, Master of Nursing Science, Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University
  • ประนอม รอดคำดี Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University
  • สุรศักดิ์ ตรีนัย ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ คณะพยาบาลศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย

Keywords:

low birth weight newborn, response behavior of low birth weight newborn, maternal empowerment program combined with gentle human touch program, normal nursing program

Abstract

Low birth weight neonates are risky to problems in response behavior due to lack of continuous sensory stimulation from mother. This Quasi experimental design, interrupted time series with non-equivalence control-group design. Aimed at comparing the responding behavior of low birth weight neonates of first time mothers between experimental group receiving the maternal empowerment program combined with gentle human touch and the control group received normal nursing care. 44 low birth weight newborn babies of first time mothers hospitalized in high risk ward, Police General Hospital 22 babies in experimental and control group equally. The research instruments used were the maternal empowerment program combined with gentle human touch, and the data collection instruments used were the maternal empower scale and neonatal assessment coding sheet. All instruments were tested for content validity by experts. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and two-way repeated measure ANOVA. The results revealed that:

1. Neonate’s sleeping and waking up stage: Neonatal in experimental group had differences in Quiet sleep, Drowsy, Awake alert, Active awake and Crying, but no different in active sleep at .05 statistical significance.

2. Neonate’s motor activity categories: Neonatal in experimental group had differences in Behavioral distress cues, No movement and Smiles, but no different in Motor Activity at .05 statistical significance.

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2018-12-25

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ไชยศิริ ก., รอดคำดี ป., & ตรีนัย ส. (2018). The Effect of Maternal Empowerment Program Combined with a Gentletouch on Behavior Response of Low Birth Weight Newborn. Nursing Journal CMU, 45(4), 1–13. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/cmunursing/article/view/162508

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