영아 호흡기질환 관리프로그램이 어머니의 호흡기 질환 관리에 미치는 효과

Effects of Infant Respiratory Disease Management Program on Mother s Respiratory Disease Management

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the infant respiratory disease management program (IRDMP) on mother s respiratory disease management for symptoms, prevention of infection, breast feeding, and environment. Methods: The study was designed as a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental study. The IRDMP included interaction with the researcher who provided an education and demonstration. It took 30 minutes-sessions and feedback on anytime. The data were collected from 40 mothers (20 for experimental group, 20 for control group) at C hospital in G city. The experimental group received the IRDMP on the second day of hospitalization and the control group received usual nursing care provided for the mothers who have infants with respiratory disease. The data were analyzed by X2-test, Fisher s exact probability test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Wilcoxon signed rank test using SPSS 11.5. Results: The study showed that symptoms management level (Z=-3.28, p = .001), prevention of infection management level (Z=-4.43, p = .001), and environment management level (Z=-4.13, p = .001) in experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Conclusions: The results of this study suggested that IRDMP could be an effective nursing intervention to improve the respiratory disease management performance level of the mothers of infants with respiratory disease.