Kaur Kulvinder, Kohli Natasha, Praveen Saba, Thakur Vindhya, Kalyan Geetanjli, Chauhan Shruti, Sajan Saini Shiv, Kant Dhir Shashi
National Institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
SPICU Fortis Heart Mohali, Punjab, India.
Florence Nightingale J Nurs. 2024 Feb 28;32(1):2-9. doi: 10.5152/FNJN.2024.22318.
The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of parents of preterm babies and health-care providers related to human milk and human milk banking in a tertiary-care hospital in North India. A descriptive study was conducted on 280 samples (200 parents and 80 health-care providers) of neonatal units of a tertiary-care hospital in North India. Self-developed 25-item knowledge-related questionnaire and 15-item attitude scale was used for health-care providers. Whereas ten-item knowledge-related interview schedule and five-item open-ended attitude assessment tools were used for parents. The content validity index was more than 0.72 for all the tools. Among health-care providers, majority (93.3%) of doctors and nursing officers (80%) were aware of human milk banking, but they demonstrated lack of knowledge about the processing and safety of such milk. Majority of mothers (89.3%) and fathers (90%) reported that they don't have problem in accepting the breast milk from other mothers if provided by human milk bank, while others had certain concerns related to infection and religious/cultural beliefs. There is a need to spread public awareness about human milk and human milk banking to foster its acceptance. The health-care providers also need regular update to ensure adequate knowledge and acceptability.
该研究的目的是评估印度北部一家三级医院中早产儿父母及医护人员关于母乳和母乳库的知识与态度。对印度北部一家三级医院新生儿科的280个样本（200名父母和80名医护人员）进行了描述性研究。针对医护人员使用了自行编制的包含25个条目的知识相关问卷和15个条目的态度量表。而针对父母则使用了包含10个条目的知识相关访谈提纲和5个条目的开放式态度评估工具。所有工具的内容效度指数均超过0.72。在医护人员中，大多数医生（93.3%）和护士（80%）知晓母乳库，但他们对这种母乳的处理和安全性缺乏了解。大多数母亲（89.3%）和父亲（90%）表示，如果母乳库提供其他母亲的母乳，他们接受起来没有问题，而其他人则对感染以及宗教/文化信仰存在一定担忧。有必要提高公众对母乳和母乳库的认识，以促进其被接受。医护人员也需要定期更新知识，以确保具备足够的知识和可接受性。
