The Effect of a Maternal Role Promoting Program on Maternal Role Attainment in Adolescent Mothers with Unplanned Pregnancies
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of a maternal role promoting program on maternal role attainment in adolescent mothers with unplanned pregnancies.Design: A quasi-experimental design was employed.Method: The sample consisted of 58 adolescent mothers with unplanned pregnancies who attended the antenatal care clinic and the obstetric nursing department 1 and 2 at Sappasitthiprasong Hospital, Ubonratchatanee. They were divided into a control group (n = 30) and an experimental group (n = 28). The control group received only routine nursing care. The experimental group received routine nursing care and the maternal role promoting program by encouraging imagination about maternal roles, receiving knowledges and skills in building relationship and the infant and infant care, debate exchange the experience, and follow visit by phone. The instruments used in data collection were a personal data form, maternal role attainment questionnaire and postpartum advice records. The data was then analyzed for mean difference by using independent t-tests.Main findings: The results showed that after receiving the maternal role promoting program, adolescent mothers in the experimental group had maternal role attainment scores at 4 weeks postpartum at a rate significantly higher than those in the control group (p < .001).Conclusion and recommendations: Based on the finding of the study, it is recommended that the maternal role promoting program can promote maternal role attainment adolescent mothers with unplanned pregnancies for internalize the maternal role successfully during the baby rearing period.
Language: Thai
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1481565082