Effective evaluation on informational support of the parenting sense of competence and parenting stress in primiparas / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness on informational support of the parenting sense of competence and parenting stress in primiparas. Methods Ninety-five primiparas in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University were recruited from November 2017 to April 2018, mothers of premature infants discharged from hospital from November 2017 to January 2018 were divided into the control group,and which discharged from February 2018 to April 2018 were divided into the experimental group conveniently.Seven cases in the control group and 5 cases in the experimental group dropped out. The control group received routine nursing care, 4 times of informational support were implemented to the mothers of premature infants at the first 4 months after discharged in the experimental group,included team teaching, live demonstration, set up a wechat group, et al. All primiparas were investigated using the Chinese version of Parenting Sense of Competence Scale(C-PSOC) and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form(PSI-SF) at the 1th,3th,6th month postpartum. Results At the 6th month postpartum, total scores of the Chinese version of Parenting Sense of Competence Scale and subscale scores of self-efficacy, satisfaction of the mothers of premature infants were 82.60 ± 4.45, 39.19 ± 3.25, 43.40 ± 3.47, respectively in the experimental group,and the scores were 76.83 ± 7.88, 36.90 ± 4.82, 39.93 ± 5.16, respectively in the control group, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(t=4.117, 2.541, 3.613, P<0.05). At the 6th month postpartum,total scores of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form and subscale scores of parenting distress,parent-child dysfunctional interaction,difficult child of the mothers of premature infants were 80.31 ± 9.50, 28.62 ± 4.54, 23.98 ± 4.91, 26.14 ± 5.15, respectively in the experimental group,and the scores were 87.36 ± 8.58, 32.55 ± 4.88, 25.95 ± 4.15, 28.84 ± 4.88, respectively in the control group,the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(t=-3.568-3.823, P<0.05). Conclusions Informational support can effectively improve the parenting sense of competence and relieve the parenting stress in primiparas.