The School of Nursing, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China.
Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350000, China.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 May 30;23(1):399. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05703-5.
Parenting sense of competence is not only indispensable to the wellbeing of the parents of premature infants, but is also pivotal to the overall development of these infants. This study examined the level of parenting sense of competence and its associated factors in Chinese parents of preterm infants.
This cross-sectional study was performed at a university teaching hospital in Fuzhou (China) from December 2021 to April 2022. Data were collected using the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Social Support Rating Scale, Parenting Care Knowledge Subscale, Parenting Care Skill Subscale, and a sociodemographic questionnaire.
A total of 401 Chinese parents were included in the analysis. The average parenting sense of competence scale score was 70.93 ± 13.06. After controlling for demographic characteristics, parenting knowledge (β = 0.149, P = 0.013), parenting skills (β = 0.241, P < 0.001), social support (β = 0.184, P < 0.001) and depression (β = -0.272, P < 0.001), were significantly associated with the parenting sense of competence score, and explained 43.60% of the variance in this score.
Chinese parents of preterm infants were found to have a moderate parenting sense of competence. This could be further improved through efforts aimed at reducing depressive symptoms and increasing parenting knowledge, parenting skills, and social support.
父母效能感不仅对早产儿父母的健康至关重要，而且对早产儿的整体发展也至关重要。本研究调查了中国早产儿父母的父母效能感水平及其相关因素。
本横断面研究于 2021 年 12 月至 2022 年 4 月在福州（中国）的一所大学教学医院进行。使用父母效能感量表、爱丁堡产后抑郁量表、社会支持评定量表、育儿知识分量表、育儿技能分量表和社会人口学问卷收集数据。
共纳入 401 名中国父母进行分析。父母效能感量表平均得分为 70.93±13.06。在控制人口统计学特征后，育儿知识（β=0.149，P=0.013）、育儿技能（β=0.241，P<0.001）、社会支持（β=0.184，P<0.001）和抑郁（β=-0.272，P<0.001）与父母效能感评分显著相关，解释了该评分 43.60%的变异。
中国早产儿父母的父母效能感中等。通过努力减少抑郁症状、增加育儿知识、育儿技能和社会支持，可以进一步提高父母效能感。
