Wattana Nanthakasikorn. Effectiveness of computer assisted instruction (CAI) about breastfeeding during the early stages of labour on knowledge and breastfeeding behavior in primiparous adolescent mothers. Master's Degree(Maternal and Newborn Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2008.
Effectiveness of computer assisted instruction (CAI) about breastfeeding during the early stages of labour on knowledge and breastfeeding behavior in primiparous adolescent mothers
Abstract:
This research was a pretest-posttest control group design aimed at
investigating the effectiveness of computer assisted instruction (CAI) about
breastfeeding during the early stages of labour on knowledge and breastfeeding
behavior in primiparous adolescent mothers. The sample composed of 50 primiparous
adolescent mothers who gave birth and received antenatal care at Siriraj Hospital. The
sample was selected by simple random sampling and divided into experimental and
control groups, with 25 subjects in each group. The samples in the control group
received only routine nursing care, whereas those in the experimental group
participated in CAI about breastfeeding in combination with routine nursing care.
Data were collected by a Personal Data Questionnaire, the Knowledge of
Breastfeeding Questionnaire and the Breastfeeding Behavior Observation form. The
data obtained was then analyzed by independent samples t-test.
The findings showed that the mean posttest knowledge of breastfeeding
scores in the experimental group after CAI was higher than the pretest scores before
CAI at a statistically significant level (P<.001). Furthermore, the mean knowledge of
breastfeeding scores in the experimental group was higher than those who received
only routine nursing care, at a statistically significant level (P<.001). Finally, the
mean of breastfeeding behavior scores in the experimental group was higher than
those who received only routine nursing care, at a statistically significant level
(P<.001).
The results suggest that nurses in the labour room who are involved in
breastfeeding promotion should apply this CAI to continuously promote successful
breastfeeding in adolescent mothers during early labour and through the postpartum
period.