Effect of mother’s infant massage on neonatal weight and perceived self-efficacy of mothers with low birth weight infants
| Author | Somayeh Mousavi | en |
| Author | Shahnaz Rostami | en |
| Author | Hamid Haghani | en |
| Author | Leili Borimnejad | en |
| Orcid | Leili Borimnejad [0000-0002-7549-0505] | en |
| Issued Date | 2020-06-30 | en |
| Abstract | Introduction: Weight is the most important growth factor in newborns and perceived self-efficacy is known as an effective factor weigh gaining. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mother;#39s infant massage on neonatal weight and perceived self-efficacy of mothers with low birth weight infants. Materials and Methods: 80 infants were divided into intervention and control groups in this qusiexperimental study in neonatal intensive care unit. 40 low-birth weight infants received massage by their mother for 60 days, 15 minutes a day, and only normal care was taken in the control group. At the end of the study, weight gain and self-efficacy scores were analyzed standard statisctical methods. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean weight changes in the intervention group (2120.88± 385.26) and control (1760.88 ± 220.31) at the tenth day of birth and two months (P = 0.001). The results of independent t-test showed a significant increase in self-efficacy scores and its dimensions in the two intervention groups compared to the control group (P | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Infant | en |
| Keyword | Low Birth Weight | en |
| Keyword | Massage | en |
| Keyword | Percieved Mothers Self Efficacy | en |
| Keyword | ماساژ | en |
| Keyword | خودکارآمدی درک شده مادران | en |
| Keyword | نوزاد کموزن | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Effect of mother’s infant massage on neonatal weight and perceived self-efficacy of mothers with low birth weight infants | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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