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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Evaluation of Parents’ Awareness and Knowledge about Problems and Issues Related to Their Premature Infants in an Iranian Hospital

  AUTHORS: Nasrin Khalesi, Fatemeh Shoaae Anjom, Golnaz Rezaeiezadeh, Zahra Farahani

  KEYWORDS: Awareness, Knowledge, Infant, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Prematurity

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nursing, Vol.5 No.5, May 13, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Premature infant is an infant who was born before the end of 37th weeks of pregnancy. Approximately 9.6% of infants are premature and they can be at risk for hospitalization. This study has done for evaluation of awareness and knowledge of parents about problems of premature infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This was a descriptive study with 160 parents whose premature infants were admitted to NICU (Tehran-Iran, 2009-2011). Data were collected by a questionnaire for evaluation of awareness and knowledge of parents about problems of prematurity, and then analyzed by using descriptive analytic statistical methods and SPSS software. Based on the results, there was a significant relation between age and the total score of questionnaire (P = 0.022, R = 0.18). Mothers had higher awareness and knowledge than fathers (P