Author Affiliations: Departments of Nursing and Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey (Dr Kaynak); and Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey (Dr Yılmaz).
J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2024;38(3):E26-E37. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0000000000000787. Epub 2024 Jul 29.
This study aimed to determine the effect of video calling between preterm infants treated in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and their mothers on the physiological parameters of infants and mother-infant bonding.
Preterm infants need prolonged treatment in the NICU, and their families may have difficulty seeing their babies during this treatment process.
This is a prospective, randomized-controlled, experimental study. The study sample consisted of 75 preterm infants and their mothers. The data were collected using a maternal introductory information form, a preterm infant introductory information form, a preterm infant physiological parameters follow-up form, and the Mother-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS). The study included 3 study groups: the video call group, the video call with lullaby group, and the control group. Video calls between preterm infants and their mothers were made through Zoom for 5 to 10 minutes daily for 7 days. The mothers filled out the MIBS online before and on the 7th and 30th days of the study.
Preterm infants in the video call and the video call with lullaby groups had higher MIBS mean scores on the 7th and 30th days of the study than their pretest MIBS scores. Preterm infants in the video call and the video call with lullaby groups had statistically significantly higher MIBS mean scores on the seventh day of the study than those in the control group. At the end of the 7-day study period, there was an improvement in the physiological parameters of preterm infants in the video call group and the video call with lullaby group compared with those in the control group, and this relationship was statistically significant.
In conclusion, the implementation of video calls between mothers and preterm infants in NICUs had a healing effect on the physiological parameters of preterm infants and increased mother-infant bonding.
本研究旨在确定新生儿重症监护病房(NICU)中接受治疗的早产儿与母亲进行视频通话对婴儿生理参数和母婴联系的影响。
早产儿需要在 NICU 接受长时间的治疗,在此治疗过程中,他们的家人可能难以看到自己的孩子。
这是一项前瞻性、随机对照、实验性研究。研究样本包括 75 名早产儿及其母亲。使用母亲介绍信息表、早产儿介绍信息表、早产儿生理参数随访表和母婴联系量表(MIBS)收集数据。研究包括 3 个研究组:视频通话组、视频通话加摇篮曲组和对照组。通过 Zoom 每天为早产儿及其母亲进行 5-10 分钟的视频通话,持续 7 天。母亲在研究前、第 7 天和第 30 天在线填写 MIBS。
视频通话组和视频通话加摇篮曲组的早产儿在研究的第 7 天和第 30 天的 MIBS 平均得分均高于其预测试 MIBS 得分。研究第 7 天,视频通话组和视频通话加摇篮曲组的早产儿 MIBS 平均得分均显著高于对照组。在为期 7 天的研究结束时,与对照组相比,视频通话组和视频通话加摇篮曲组的早产儿生理参数有所改善,且这种关系具有统计学意义。
总之,在 NICU 中实施母亲与早产儿之间的视频通话对早产儿的生理参数有治疗作用,并增加了母婴联系。