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An and Bang: Effects of Newborn Care Education for First-time Fathers on Their Knowledge and Confidence in Newborn Care at Postpartum One Month
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2014; 44(4): 428-436.

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.4.428

Effects of Newborn Care Education for First-time Fathers on Their Knowledge and Confidence in Newborn Care at Postpartum One Month

Hye-Sun An1, Kyung-Sook Bang2

1Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

2College of Nursing·The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Bang, Kyung-Sook, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea. Tel: +82-2-740-8819, Fax: +82-2-765-4103, ksbang@snu.ac.kr

Received 9 May 2014       Revised 14 May 2014       Accepted 24 July 2014

© 2014 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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Abstract

Purpose

This study was conducted to identify the effects of newborn care education for fathers on their knowledge and confidence in newborn care at postpartum one month.

Methods

A nonequivalent control group pretest posttest design was used. The participants were 53 first-time fathers of newborns, 27 in experimental group, and 26 in control group. They were recruited at the nursery of one municipal hospital in Seoul. For the experimental group, a 50-minute education on newborn care using video, verbal education, demonstration and practice were provided prior to discharge. Fathers' knowledge and confidence in newborn care and their satisfaction with the education program were measured at postpartum one month.

Results

The fathers in the experimental group showed significantly higher knowledge (t=-4.51, p<.001), and confidence in newborn care (t=-2.29, p=.026) compared to the control group at postpartum one month. Fathers in the experimental group had a satisfaction score of 27.37±2.73 immediately after the education, and 25.30±3.40 at postpartum one month.

Conclusion

Results indicate that newborn care education for first-time fathers is an effective method in enhancing the level of knowledge and confidence in newborn care. It can be used in the nursery department before discharge as a useful nursing intervention.

Keywords: Newborn, Fathers, Education, Knowledge

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Conceptual framework of the study.
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Table 1
Newborn Care Education
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Table 2
Homogeneity Test of the Father's Characteristics and Pre-test for Father's Knowledge and Confidence
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Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 3
Comparisons of Knowledge and Confidence in Newborn Care between Experimental and Control Group at Postpartum One Month
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Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4
Comparisons of Knowledge, Confidence, and Satisfaction with Education on Newborn Care for Fathers in the Experimental Group (N=27)
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Notes

This manuscript is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from Seoul National University.

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