The effects of a support program on caregivers’ knowledge and behaviors in caring for infants with abnormal hearing screening results
Keywords:
Hearing screening, Caregiver knowledge, Support program, Caregiver behaviorAbstract
Hearing loss in newborns impact language and communication development. Early newborn screening for early rehabilitation is therefore crucial. This one-group, pretest–posttest quasi-experimental study aimed to examine the effects of a support program on caregivers’ knowledge and behaviors in caring for infants with abnormal hearing screening results. The sample group was purposively selected into 20 subjects. The research instruments consisted of 1) a questionnaire support program, 2) a questionnaire on basic personal information of caregivers and children, 3) a questionnaire assessing caregivers’ knowledge of newborn hearing screening, with a reliability of.75 using the Kuder–Richardson 20 test, and 4) a questionnaire assessing caregivers’ behaviors in caring for infants with abnormal hearing screening results, with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .76. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired t-tests. The study was found that the sample group had significantly higher mean scores on infant care knowledge and behaviors than before receiving the support program with statistical significance (p<.001) and (p<.05), respectively. The results of this study showed that support programs help enhance infant caregivers with knowledge and behaviors accurately and appropriately care for infants with abnormal hearing screening results.
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