Title

Stepping strong: Nurse-led support for mothers in clubfoot care

Authors

Kavitha Ethiraj¹, Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran^1,*, Arun Mozhi Rajan¹, Kannan Kasinathan², Grace Anita Samuel¹, Jency Indira kuppan³ & Chitra Gopalan⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁴Department of Medical And Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Kavitha Ethiraj - E-mail: bkekavitha@gmail.com
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E-mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com
Kannan Kasinathan - E-mail: kanmani70@gmail.com
Arun Mozhi Rajan - E-mail: arunrr75@gmail.com
Grace Anita Samuel - E-mail: anita.samds@gmail.com
Jency Indira Kuppan - E-mail: jencyindira@gmail.com
Chitra Gopalan - E-mail: gopalanchithra12051974@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

The effectiveness of a nurse-led intervention in enhancing self-efficacy and quality of life (QoL) among mothers of children with clubfoot is of interest. Sixty mothers were selected and received structured educational sessions on child care. Data shows significant improvements in maternal self-efficacy and QoL, with all QoL domains showing statistically significant gains. The study highlights the importance of nurse-led interventions in enhancing maternal caregiving capabilities. Thus, we show that such programs contribute to better treatment adherence and overall well-being for mothers.

Keywords

Clubfoot, nurse-led care programme, self-efficacy, quality of life, caregiver burden

Citation

Ethiraj et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3682-3685 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.