The Effect of the Mobile Application Developed for Home Care of Preterm

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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mobile application will be developed to support the post-discharge home care of mothers of premature babies. With the developed mobile application, the effect of the education given to the mothers on the knowledge and skills of infant care, mother-infant attachment, and the mother's self-efficacy will be evaluated.

Detailed Description
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This research aims to examine the effect of the mobile application developed for the home care of the babies of the mothers of premature babies on their baby care knowledge and skills, mother-infant attachment and mother self-efficacy. A mobile application will be developed to support mothers who care for their premature babies at home after discharge. The application will be installed on the phones of mothers whose babies are discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. After the babies are discharged, mothers will be trained at home with a mobile application. Maternal self-efficacy and mother-infant supplementation will be measured when infants admitted the NICU and one month after discharge the NICU.

Official Title
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The Effect of the Mobile Application Developed for Home Care of the Premature Baby on the Mother's Baby Care Skills, Self-efficacy and Mother-infant Bonding

Conditions
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Mother, Premature, Education, Home Care, Mobile Application

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: education with mobile application


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: For mothers; Being over the age of 18, Having a premature baby At least primary school graduate, Smart mobile app can be installed have a phone, Being able to understand and speak Turkish, Residing in Ankara For babies; 32-37 weeks of gestation of the baby (middle and borderline premature) Baby in neonatal intensive care unit to stay Not having undergone a surgical operation, Absence of physical anomalies Exclusion Criteria: For Mothers; Diagnosed with postpartum depression unwillingness to participate in the study For babies; - Very small preterm (born below 28 weeks of gestation) and small preterm (between 28 and 31 weeks of gestation)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: randomized controlled interventional research
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: providing training to mothers of premature babies with a mobile application<br>providing training with mobile application to mothers discharged home with their premature babies +standard education prior to discharge | Other: education with mobile application<br>* providing training to mothers of premature babies with a mobile application<br>|
| No Intervention: standard education prior to discharge control group; standard education prior to discharge<br>standard education prior to discharge | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| parent self-efficacy scale | scale that measures mother's self-efficacy for baby care.The unabridged name of the scale is parent self-efficacy scale. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 18, the highest score is 90. low score indicates high self-efficacy | up to 10 months | 
| parent self-efficacy scale | scale that measures mother's self-efficacy for baby care.The unabridged name of the scale is parent self-efficacy scale. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 18, the highest score is 90. low score indicates high self-efficacy. | up to 14 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| maternal attachment scale | scale that measuring mother-infant attachment. The unabridged name of the scale is maternal attachment scale. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 26, the highest score is 104. A high score indicates high maternal attachment. | up to 10 months | 
| maternal attachment scale | scale that measuring mother-infant attachment. The unabridged name of the scale is maternal attachment scale. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 26, the highest score is 104. A high score indicates high maternal attachment. | up to 14 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Mothers, premature, mobile application, education, home care