FMDS Theses and Dissertations

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Theses and dissertations by graduate students from the Faculty of Management and Development Studies.

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Browsing FMDS Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Dermatology and venerology,clinical genetics, internal medicine::Internal medicine::Prenatal and perinatal research"
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    Effects of Newborn Care Health Education Program to the Maternal Role Competence of Filipino First Time Mothers
    ( 2013) Rodriguez, Ma. Antoniette D.
    Background: Most women look forward to their new role as mother, despite knowing that it will change their lives dramatically. Successful adjustment leads to satisfaction in the mothering role that can be expressed through self-confidence, self-esteem, competence and mastery of their new role that can be expresses through self-confidence, self-esteem, competence and mastery of their new role. The benefits of a Newborn Care Health Education Program for first time mothers on the maternal role competence have implication for a further development and advancement to minimize the risk of Neonatal morbidity and mortality. Low-cost, effective newborn health interventions can save millions of lives. Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of a structured Newborn Care Health Education Program on the Maternal Role Competency of Filipino time mothers in terms of their efficacy and satisfaction. Design: A pretest – posttest, control group quasi experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in the national tertiary maternity hospital in Metro Manila. Participants: A sample of 243 Filipino first time mothers on their 32 to 36 weeks AOG was gathered from July 2012 to January 2013. Purposing sampling was done. Inclusion criteria were primiparous women who are caring for the newborn child for the first time. They may also be women who have given birth to stillborn children and had miscarriage in their first pregnancy. Methods: The intervention was a complete and structure Newborn Health Education Program for Filipino First time Mothers. The study group (n=128) received the NCHEP while the comparison group (n=115) received the routine childbirth education. Outcomes were measured by the Parenting Sens of Competency Scale tool pre- and post-test. Results: Filipino first-time mothers who receive the NCHEP have low efficacy compared to the high efficacy of the comparison group in the pretest but both study and comparison group have high satisfaction in the pretest. However, both groups have low satisfaction in the post test. There is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest of the study group according to their efficacy while there is a significant difference between the pretest and the posttest of the study group according to their satisfaction. There is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest of the study group according to their efficacy the while there is a significant difference between the pretest and the posttest according to their satisfaction. There is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest of the study group according to their efficacy and there is a significant difference between the pretest and the posttest of the comparison group according to their satisfaction. There is no significant difference between the posttest of both groups according to their efficacy. There is no significant difference between the posttest of both groups according to their satisfaction.
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    Maternal Stress and Perceived Nurse Support Among Mothers of Premature Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Hospital in Qatar
    ( 2019) Mariano, Katherine DJ.
    Mothers of premature infants who require intensive care begin their experience of parenthood in the unfamiliar and often overwhelming environment of the NICU, a rather stressful predicament they are not adequately prepared for. Being the primary members of the healthcare team directly involved in patient care, NICU nurses are in a unique position to help and support the parents, assess their needs and alleviate their stress so that they can adapt to their stressful situation and be able to carry on with their new role not as passive visitors in the unit but as active partners in patient care. In this regard, this study aimed to shed a deeper understanding of the relationship between these two main concepts - maternal stress and perceived nurse support. In addition to this, this study investigated on these two concepts as they exist in the context of cultural diversity: an important approach few researchers have ventured to explore on. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the maternal stress and perceived nurse support among mothers of premature infants admitted in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Doha, Qatar and to determine if a significant relationship between the said variables exist. In order to accomplish this, two pre-validated and widely used tools, the Parental Stress Scales: NICU (NPST) and Nurse Parent Support Tool (NPST) were utilized. Seventy-one (71) mothers, both Qatari (n = 25, 35%) and non-Qatari (n = 46, 65%), agreed to participate in this study and completed the three-part questionnaire which were distributed during the study period which lasted from March to May 2018. Data from the study shows that regardless of the nationality, most of the time it is not the medical fragility or the critical condition of the child.