The effect of home nursing visits on parental anxiety and CPR knowledge retention of parents of apnea-monitored infants.
The use of structured home nursing visits was evaluated for its effect upon parental anxiety and retention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge in the family of the apnea-monitored infant. A two-group design was used, with treatment families receiving three visits by the researcher during the 6 weeks postdischarge. Anxiety levels and CPR knowledge of parents were measured at the discharge teaching sessions and again 6 weeks later in both groups. The difference between test scores was evaluated to assess for a treatment effect. Despite no statistically significant difference in anxiety or knowledge over time, the treatment families did show a greater decrease in anxiety scores and maintained or improved their CPR scores. Maternal scores tended to be higher than paternal scores for both variables. There was also some evidence of enhanced parental adaptation to the monitor and to the parental role in the treatment group.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001049:Apnea / Q000451:nursing*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D012151:Resuscitation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing*