Effectiveness of mother’s participation program in child caring during admission on stress among mother in Sichon Hospital

Abstract

Abstract

         This study was two groups pretest-posttest quasi study design. The aim was to study the effectiveness of mother’s participation program in child caring during admission. The sample group was dived into 2 groups; there were 30 samples in the control group and 30 samples in the experimental group. The control group received normal nursing care in the pediatric ward. In the experimental group, they received a mother’s participation program in child caring during admission. The tools used in this study included a program for mothers' participation in child caring during admission and a questionnaire. For the data analyzed include descriptive statistics to determine the general information of mother and child, and the mother's stress level. The analyze relationships using paired t-test and independent t-test. The results founded that the experimental group that received a mother’s participation program in child caring during admission had lower stress than before the experiment in statistically significantly at p-value <0.05 and there had lower stress after the experiment than control group that received as usual nursing care in statistically significant at p-value < 0.05