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

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

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.

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.

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)