Evaluating Maternal Discharge Readiness in Kangaroo Mother Care
| Autor: | Tina Lavin, David B. Preen, Elise Van Rooyen, Anne Marie Bergh, Claire Gooding |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Maternal and child health business.industry Mothers Discharge readiness Kangaroo-Mother Care Mean difference Hospitals Patient Discharge Kangaroo-Mother Care Method Family medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Hospital discharge Medicine Humans Female business Child |
| Zdroj: | Indian pediatrics. 58(10) |
| ISSN: | 0974-7559 |
| Popis: | To develop and apply a tool for measuring hospital discharge readiness of mothers practicing continuous kangaroo mother care (KMC) in a tertiary setting. A 22-item questionnaire was adapted from an existing tool. After a pilot (n=20), the survey was administered to 200 mothers in the KMC unit, Kalafong Hospital, South Africa from 20172018. Two items which asked participants how confident and ready they felt overall were used to categorize women as ‘ready’ or ‘less ready’ for discharge. Most women (n=168, 88.0%) were categorized as ready for discharge. The mean (SD) score for all 22 questions was 9.4 (0.7). Women categorized as ‘less ready’ scored lower overall (mean difference: 1.3) and within all four questionnaire categories compared to women who were discharge ready (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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