Title

Impact of a nurse-led empowerment programme on home-based care for preterm infants: A quantitative study

Authors

Marudan Anbalagan¹, Manoharan Saravanan², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran^3,*, Mangalabharathi Sundaram^4,*, Kannan Kasinathan^5,*, Anitha M. Balachandran^6,* & Nirmala Asaithambi⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Paediatric Nursing, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (MAHER) (DU), Chennai & Lecture in Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Research, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research MAHER (DU), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Pediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The TN Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁴Department of Neonatology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children & Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁵Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The TN Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁶Department of Neonatology Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children & Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁷Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (MAHER) (DU), Chennai & Sooriya School of Nursing, Saligramam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Marudan Anbalagan - E-mail: anbalagan.avi@gmail.com

Manoharan Saravanan - E-mail: msktox@gmail.com

Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E-mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com

Mangalabharathi Sundaram - E-mail: drmangalabharathi@gmail.com

Kannan Kasinathan - E-mail: kanmani70@gmail.com

Anitha M. Balachandran - E-mail: drmanithamd@gmail.com

Nirmala Asaithambi - E-mail: nivid2022@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

Abstract

The lack of adequate home-based care for mothers of preterm infants poses significant challenges in maternal and infant health, requiring effective interventions to empower mothers with essential knowledge and support. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the impact of the Nurse-Led Mothers Empowerment Programme (NLMEP) on improving home-based care for mothers of preterm infants. A quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design was used, with 100 mothers selected from a tertiary care hospital in Chennai, India. Results showed significant improvements in maternal knowledge, practices, stress, fatigue and social support. The knowledge score increased from 27.31 to 42.11 (p < 0.001) and 82% of mothers demonstrated adequate knowledge and practice. The lack of adequate home-based care for mothers of preterm infants poses significant challenges in maternal and infant health, requiring effective interventions to empower mothers with essential knowledge and support.

Keywords

Preterm infants, nurse-led intervention, home care, stress reduction, fatigue, social support, neonatal discharge planning

Citation

Anbalagan et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 4987-4990 (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.