Study of Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes on "Newborn Individualized Developmental Care" and Their Perception of the Implementation Results of this Care in Tabriz Hospitals, 2016

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Abstract: Background: The newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program (NIDCAP) is a new multi-faceted approach in order to improving of development, functional and health especially in premature newborns at neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This study is designed to assessing the knowledge, attitude and perception of nurses about NIDCAP as most important members of multidisciplinary team of this program. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 120 nurses working in the NICUs of Alzahra, Taleghani, and Children hospitals affiliated to the educational and treatment centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences as well as 29 Bahman Hospital affiliated to Tabriz Social Security Organization in 2016 by census sampling method. A third section questionnaire was employed to collect demographic data and to explore the nurses' perceptions, attitude and knowledge toward NIDCAP program. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. Results: Findings of the study indicated that the mean (SD) nurses' knowledge and perception scores for NIDCAP was 71.83 (1.64) and 76.80 (0.79), respectively. In the term of knowledge significant differences were demonstrated in married (p= 0.019), M.Sc (p= 0.034) and employment experience (p= 0.001). However, there was a significant difference in the term of attitude in age (p = 0.014), employment experience (p = 0.034) and work experience (p = 0.275). Also, there was no significant relationship between perception and demographic variables (p>0.05). There was no significant relationship between perception and knowledge (p = 0.275), while the relationship between attitude and perceptions was significant (p = 0.016). Conclusions: The results of this study showed that most of the nurses who participated in this study had a good knowledge and a low percentage of little knowledge. Nurses felt better job satisfaction and higher self-esteem than their professional role by implementing evolutionary care. In their view, the implementation of evolutionary care has given the baby more comfort and more evaluation possible.