Parents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding sleep in babies discharged from the neonatal unit
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Objective: to compare parents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the sleep of babies discharged from the Neonatal Unit, before and after the application of an educational booklet with variables related to hospitalization and the child's sleep. Method: quasi-experimental, single group, before and after study, conducted in a specialized pediatric outpatient clinic with 50 parents of children discharged from the neonatal unit in 2020. Data collection took place at two moments: application of the instrument with sociodemographic, perinatal, and neonatal variables; application of the pre-test: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) survey: individual reading of the educational booklet by participants. 2) Application of the post-test via telephone call: KAP survey. Results: Most were mothers of preterm children (82%). The intervention increased parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice scores on all instrument items, highlighting changes in sleep timing and location. The length of hospital stay and time spent in the unit showed higher averages in terms of parents' knowledge. Knowledge and practice, before and after the CAP survey, showed statistically significant values (p<0.05). Conclusion: The use of the educational booklet promoted the acquisition of knowledge, attitudes, and practices among parents, as evidenced by the increase in scores after its implementation.
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