Parenting Confidence and Needs for Parents of Newborns in Taiwan

Wen-Chun Liao; Li-Yu Chang; Shu-Hsin Lee; Hsiao-Ling Chuang; Ching-Pyng Kuo; Meng-Chih  Lee

IJ Pediatrics

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Parenting Confidence and Needs for Parents of Newborns in Taiwan

Author(s):

Wen-Chun Liao¹,

Li-Yu Chang²,

Shu-Hsin Lee¹,

Hsiao-Ling Chuang³,

Ching-Pyng Kuo³,

Meng-Chih Lee^4,*

1School of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung & Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

2Department of Nursing, Jen-AI General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

3Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung & School of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung & Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

4Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung & Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Hospital, National Department of Health, Taichung, Taiwan

IJ Pediatrics:Vol. 22, issue 2; 177-184

Published online:Jun 30, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jan 13, 2011

Accepted:Nov 12, 2011

How to Cite:Wen-Chun LiaoLi-Yu ChangShu-Hsin LeeHsiao-Ling ChuangChing-Pyng KuoMeng-Chih Leeet al.Parenting Confidence and Needs for Parents of Newborns in Taiwan.Iran J Pediatr.22(2):177-184.

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Objective: Parenting confidence with regards to caring for their infants is crucial for the healthy adaptation to parenthood and the development of positive parent-infant relationships. The postpartum period is a tremendous transitional time for parents, so their unique needs should be considered. This study explored parenting confidence and needs in parents when their newborns are discharged from hospital, and explored the best predictors of parenting confidence and needs.
Methods: A cross-sectional design with a questionnaire survey was used in this study. The questionnaire included three parts: Demographic, Parenting Needs and Parenting Confidence Questionnaire. We survey a convenience sample of 96 parents from a postnatal ward and a neonatal intermediate care unit of the medical central hospital in Taichung, Taiwan.
Findings: The mean age of the subjects was 32 years and 67.7% of the subjects’ education level was college or above. Approximately one half of the subjects was multiparous, vaginal delivery and had planned pregnancy. The mean gestational age and birth weight of the newborns was 37.7 weeks and 2902 g, respectively. Parents who had a planned pregnancy (t=2.1, P=0.04) or preterm infants (t=2.0, P=0.046) and those whose infants were delivered by cesarean section (t=2.2, P=0.03) had higher parenting needs. In addition, parents of low birth weight infants had higher parenting needs (r=-0.23, P=0.02). Regarding parenting confidence, multipara parents perceived higher confidence than primipara parents (t=2.9, P=0.005). Needs in psychosocial support were significantly correlated with parenting confidence (r=0.21, P<0.05). The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that parity and needs in psychosocial support predict parenting confidence of 13.8% variance.
Conclusion: The findings of this study help care providers to identify parents with low parenting confidence at an early postpartum stage. Health care teams should provide appropriate psychosocial support and health education based on parents needs.

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