Effect of Maternal Coaching Program on Maternal Behaviour in Caring for Children with Pneumonia

Abstract

                Pneumonia is the cause of illness and death in children under 5 years old. Maternal coaching to proper their behavior in caring for children with pneumonia are important. This quasi-experimental research is the two groups pretest-posttest design. The purpose of the research is to examine the effect of maternal coaching program on maternal behavioral in caring for children with pneumonia. The sample were 44 mothers, who have children under 5 years of age at the first admission with pneumonia in the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya hospital. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. Samples were assigns to the either the experimental groups (n = 22) or control groups (n = 22). The experimental group received the maternal coaching program based on Girvin concepts (1999). It composed of
5 steps: 1) agreeing the context 2) assessment and analysis 3) reflection and development planning 4) action planning and 5) evaluation. The control group will received regular nursing care. Data were collected by the questionnaire of maternal behavioral in caring for children
with pneumonia, which had Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficiency value as .85. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics independent t-test and paired t-test.

             The results revealed that after receiving the coaching program, the experimental group had higher mean scores of maternal behavioral in caring for children with pneumonia than the control group (p = < 0.001) and higher than before receiving the coaching program
(p < 0.001) significantly.
             The results suggested that nurse should apply this maternal coaching program would be encouraged mothers to know, to be able to and behavioral in caring for children with pneumonia correctly.