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The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence
Abstract
Preterm newborns spend the first days of their lives struggling with life-threatening diseases in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit rather than with their mothers. The separation of mother and preterms decreased mother’s selfconfidence. This study was designed to determine the effect of planned education provided to mothers of preterm newborns in neonatal intensive care unit on selfconfidence of mother. This quasi-experimental pre/post-test study included 104 mothers of premature newborns (50 control, 54 intervention). The intervention group was given a planned education program, whereas the control group received routine education instead. Data were collected via a questionnaire, and descriptive statistics, t-test, and paired t-test were used to analyze selfconfidence levels before and after education. The mean scores of mothers in the intervention and control groups on the Pharis Selfconfidence Scale before to training did not change statistically significantly (t=1,174; p=,243). Mothers in the intervention group scored higher on average on the Pharis Selfconfidence Scale than mothers in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (t=-8,74;p=,000). The conclusion drawn is that planned education was more effective in raising the mothers' selfconfidence when it came to caring for preterm newborns.
Keywords: Mother, Planned Education, Preterm Newborn, Neonatal İntensive Care Unit, Selfconfidence.
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Supporting Institution
No financial support was received for this research.
Ethical Statement
Ethics clearance The current study procedure was conducted in accordance with the 2008 revision of the 1975 Helsinki Declaration. The study received ethics approval from the Institute of Health Sciences, Marmara University's Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee (approved date: 28.03.2014, permission number: 19). Permission was also received by the Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Education and Research Hospital, where the study was conducted (75231446/604.01.06/2018), and the General Secretariat of Clinical Research Ethics (88919140-663-08-08-E.293). The Pharis Selfconfidence Scale was used in the study with the author's written consent. Participants were informed that any information they provided would be kept private, used exclusively for scientific research, and that they would be informed of the study's findings.
Thanks
We express our gratitude to the respected women who took part in the study, all newborns, and the nursing staff for their participation.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Family Care
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
October 23, 2025
Submission Date
October 3, 2025
Acceptance Date
October 9, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 11 Number: 3
APA
Durmuş, E. E., & Karakoç, A. (2025). The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence. Aydın Sağlık Dergisi, 11(3), 263-278. https://izlik.org/JA77UB64EF
AMA
1.Durmuş EE, Karakoç A. The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence. Aydın Health. 2025;11(3):263-278. https://izlik.org/JA77UB64EF
Chicago
Durmuş, Eylül Emre, and Ayşe Karakoç. 2025. “The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence”. Aydın Sağlık Dergisi 11 (3): 263-78. https://izlik.org/JA77UB64EF.
EndNote
Durmuş EE, Karakoç A (October 1, 2025) The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence. Aydın Sağlık Dergisi 11 3 263–278.
IEEE
[1]E. E. Durmuş and A. Karakoç, “The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence”, Aydın Health, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 263–278, Oct. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA77UB64EF
ISNAD
Durmuş, Eylül Emre - Karakoç, Ayşe. “The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence”. Aydın Sağlık Dergisi 11/3 (October 1, 2025): 263-278. https://izlik.org/JA77UB64EF.
JAMA
1.Durmuş EE, Karakoç A. The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence. Aydın Health. 2025;11:263–278.
MLA
Durmuş, Eylül Emre, and Ayşe Karakoç. “The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence”. Aydın Sağlık Dergisi, vol. 11, no. 3, Oct. 2025, pp. 263-78, https://izlik.org/JA77UB64EF.
Vancouver
1.Eylül Emre Durmuş, Ayşe Karakoç. The Effect of Planned Education Provided to Mothers of Preterm Newborns on Mother’s Selfconfidence. Aydın Health [Internet]. 2025 Oct. 1;11(3):263-78. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA77UB64EF