Impact of Mobile Technology-Enhanced Follow-Up Program for Mothers with New-Born Babies on Mothers’ Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Infant Health

BORA GÜNEŞ N., BAKIR E., İ̇ş M., UZUNKAYA ÖZTOPRAK P.

Journal of Community Health Nursing, vol.40, no.2, pp.106-118, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/07370016.2022.2163851
  • Journal Name: Journal of Community Health Nursing
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index
  • Page Numbers: pp.106-118
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.To explore the effects of mobile technology-enhanced interventions on mothers’ self-efficacy, anxiety, and infant health. Quasi-experimental study. The intervention group (n=30) received mobile technology-enhanced nursing care, whereas the control group (n=30) used the hospital’s routine maintenance services. Mothers’ self-efficacy significantly improved, and anxiety and infant health problems (poor sucking, umbilical cord infection, and skin lesions) significantly decreased (p<0.05) in the intervention group. Mobile technology-enhanced nursing care improved self-efficacy, decreased mothers’ anxiety levels, and reduced infant health problems. Mobile technology-enhanced nursing care can be integrated into clinical practice to improve maternal and infant health.