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KMID : 0915920060090020116
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Korean Parent-Child Health Journal
2006 Volume.9 No. 2 p.116 ~ p.127
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A Study on Neonatal Perception and Caring-Confidence of Normal and High-Risk Newborn Mothers
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Moon Young-Sook
Han Jin-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: Assessment of mothers’ neonatal perception is important in understanding early mothering experiences and in planning future care. The purpose of this study was to identify the differences of mothers’ perception and
caring-confidence between normal and high-risk newborn during the early postpartum period. The ultimate goal was to contribute to healthy mother-infant relationship and development of infants.
Method: The data was collected for this study at one university hospital in Daejeon from May 13, 2005 to December 20, 2005. The subjects were 53 of mothers who had normal newborn and 46 of mothers who had high-risk
newborn. The instrument was the ’Neonatal Perception Inventory’ by revised Ja-Hyung, Lee (1986), and the ’Caring-Confidence Scale’ by revised Hyun-Joo, Oh(2000). The data were statistically analyzed by using an SPSS program
and include percentage, mean, SD, t-test.
Result: There were significant differences in the perception of the newborn between the mothers
of normal newborn and the mothers of high-risk newborn (p<.05). There were no significant differences in the perception pattern of the newborn between the mothers of normal newborn and the mothers of high-risk newborn. There were no significant differences in the caring-confidence between the mothers of normal newborn and the mothers of high-risk
newborn.
Conclusion: The nursing care in the nursery have needed to various interventions for normal and high-risk newborn mothers in order to improve the interaction and caring-confidence between mother and newborn.
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KEYWORD
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Mother, High-risk newborn, Neonatal perception, Caring-confidence
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