Impact of Mobile Technology-Enhanced Follow-Up Program for Mothers with New-Born Babies on Mothers' Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Infant Health

J Community Health Nurs. 2023 Apr-Jun;40(2):106-118. doi: 10.1080/07370016.2022.2163851. Epub 2023 Jan 13.

Abstract

To explore the effects of mobile technology-enhanced interventions on mothers' self-efficacy, anxiety, and infant health. Quasi-experimental study. The intervention group (n=30) received mobile technology-enhanced nursing care, whereas the control group (n=30) used the hospital's routine maintenance services. Mothers' self-efficacy significantly improved, and anxiety and infant health problems (poor sucking, umbilical cord infection, and skin lesions) significantly decreased (p<0.05) in the intervention group. Mobile technology-enhanced nursing care improved self-efficacy, decreased mothers' anxiety levels, and reduced infant health problems. Mobile technology-enhanced nursing care can be integrated into clinical practice to improve maternal and infant health.

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety / prevention & control
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Health
  • Mothers*
  • Self Efficacy*