TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of mHealth application in improving knowledge of mothers on preterm home care
AU - Phagdol, Tenzin
AU - Nayak, Baby S.
AU - Lewis, Leslie E.
AU - Bhat Y, Ramesh
AU - Guddattu, Vasudeva
N1 - Funding Information:
The app development was funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India ( BT/PR11660/SPD/11/1520/2014 ).
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India for the research grant. We also acknowledge the administrative support of Kasturba hospital and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Neonatal Nurses Association
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - mHealth intervention can be an important tool for health education. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a mHealth application in improving mothers' knowledge of preterm home care. One hundred sixty mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Karnataka, India participated in a randomized controlled trial. The mothers in the intervention group showed a statistically significant increase in knowledge scores (pre = 17, post = 27, (p < .001) compared to mothers in the control group (pre = 18, post = 20). Knowledge scores didn't differ across age (U = 2629.00, p .051), employment status (χ2 = 3.060, p = .80), parity (χ2 = 0.025, p = .874) and socio-economic status (χ2 = 6.702, p = .57). Only education was significantly associated with baseline knowledge score (χ2 = 6.163, p = .013). The mHealth educational app effectively improved the knowledge of mothers on preterm home care.
AB - mHealth intervention can be an important tool for health education. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a mHealth application in improving mothers' knowledge of preterm home care. One hundred sixty mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Karnataka, India participated in a randomized controlled trial. The mothers in the intervention group showed a statistically significant increase in knowledge scores (pre = 17, post = 27, (p < .001) compared to mothers in the control group (pre = 18, post = 20). Knowledge scores didn't differ across age (U = 2629.00, p .051), employment status (χ2 = 3.060, p = .80), parity (χ2 = 0.025, p = .874) and socio-economic status (χ2 = 6.702, p = .57). Only education was significantly associated with baseline knowledge score (χ2 = 6.163, p = .013). The mHealth educational app effectively improved the knowledge of mothers on preterm home care.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jnn.2022.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jnn.2022.08.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85137701844
SN - 1355-1841
VL - 29
SP - 471
EP - 476
JO - Journal of Neonatal Nursing
JF - Journal of Neonatal Nursing
IS - 3
ER -