Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Combined Modalities on Bonding, Anxiety, Knowledge, and Practice toward the Care of Preterms among Mothers

Abstract Introduction: The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) setting and the infants’ absence from their mothers limit their ability to form a visual and bodily attachment, which makes mothers anxious. When a premature infant is brought to the hospital, the mother becomes more emotionally vulnerable, which raises the newborn’s stress and anxiety levels. Materials and Methods: Using the nonprobability purposive sample technique, 40 mothers of preterm neonates admitted to the NICU were selected for the experimental and control groups. A quasi-experimental control group design was employed for the pretest and posttest. The investigator trained the mothers through video instruction on how to care for preterm neonates, including Kangaroo Mother Care, how to express breast milk and store it, how to prevent infection, how to bathe the baby, and how to demonstrate various techniques for eye care, cord care, breastfeeding and burping, hand hygiene, NICU protocols, holding the baby, and mummification. In addition, there was an interactive session with the mother. 45 min are allotted for nurse-led combined modalities (NLCM). Knowledge, anxiety, bonding, practice skills, and contentment were used to gauge the results. The collected data were examined using both inferential and descriptive statistics. Results: At the P < 0.05 level of significance, the results were compared to the control group in terms of better bonding between mothers and their preterm newborns, reduced anxiety, improved comprehension, and improved practice skills. Conclusion: NLCM can be successfully used in NICUs since it is beneficial in raising maternal parameters regarding the care of their preterm newborns.