Lee Chor To. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-112). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of appendices --- p.xi / List of tables --- p.xii / List of figures --- p.xii / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Introduction --- p.3 / Prematurity --- p.3 / Parental feelings of a preterm birth --- p.5 / Transition from hospital to home care --- p.11 / Maternal information need --- p.13 / Discharge education --- p.15 / Use of video education --- p.18 / Summary --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY / Aims and Objectives --- p.22 / Operational definitions --- p.23 / Research design --- p.23 / Sample --- p.24 / Inclusion criteria --- p.24 / Sample size --- p.25 / Sampling procedure --- p.26 / Educational program of infant care --- p.27 / Usual care --- p.27 / Educational video --- p.27 / Data collection methods --- p.30 / Phase I: / Instruments --- p.31 / Chinese version State Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults --- p.31 / The Chinese version of the Maternal Confidence Questionnaire --- p.31 / Knowledge Test Infant Care --- p.33 / Social Support Questionnaire --- p.35 / Demographic information --- p.35 / Satisfaction Questionnaire of the Video Education --- p.36 / Date Collection procedure in Phase I --- p.37 / Phase II: / Instrument --- p.39 / Interview guide --- p.39 / Data collection procedure in Phase II --- p.39 / Data analysis --- p.40 / Phase I of the quantitative data --- p.40 / Phase II of the qualitative data --- p.41 / Pilot study --- p.42 / Ethical considerations --- p.42 / Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- FINDINGS / Introduction --- p.44 / Phase I / Sample --- p.45 / Sociodemographic and other characteristics of participating women --- p.45 / Demographic characteristics of infants --- p.46 / Comparison of sociodemographic data between groups --- p.47 / "Maternal outcomes of knowledge, confidence and anxiety about infant care" --- p.52 / Knowledge of infant care --- p.52 / Confidence in infant care --- p.53 / Anxiety concerning infant care --- p.55 / Correlation between outcome measures and sociodemographic data --- p.56 / Video group women perceived satisfaction of the study video --- p.58 / Summary of major findings in Phase I --- p.61 / Phase II / Characteristics of informants --- p.62 / Six categories emerged from the content analysis --- p.63 / Feelings about infant care at home --- p.64 / Concerns about the infant --- p.65 / Perceptions of the discharge process --- p.67 / Sources of support --- p.69 / Help-seeking activities --- p.70 / Perceptions of the usefulness of video education --- p.74 / Differences and similarities in the perceptions of the video group and non-video group women about the experience of caring for their infants at home --- p.77 / Summary of major findings in Phase II --- p.78 / Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- DISCUSSION / Introduction --- p.80 / Sociodemographic characteristics of participants --- p.80 / Effects of video education on knowledge of infant care --- p.83 / Effects of video education on confidence about infant care --- p.85 / Effects of video education on anxiety about infant care --- p.88 / Women's feelings about caring for infants at home and their information need --- p.90 / Preferred methods of learning about infant care --- p.92 / Contributions of the study video --- p.93 / Chapter CHAPTER 6. --- CONCLUSION / Limitations --- p.96 / Implications for nursing practice --- p.98 / Recommendations for farther research --- p.100 / Conclusion --- p.101 / REFERENCES --- p.102 / APPENDICES / Appendix 1a State Scale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (English) --- p.113 / Appendix 1b State Scale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (Chinese) --- p.114 / Appendix 2a Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (English) --- p.115 / Appendix 2b Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (Chinese) --- p.116 / Appendix 3a Knowledge Test of Infant Care (English) --- p.117 / Appendix 3b Knowledge Test of Infant Care (Chinese) --- p.120 / Appendix 4a Social Support Questionnaire (English) --- p.123 / Appendix 4b Social Support Questionnaire (Chinese) --- p.125 / Appendix 5 Demographic information --- p.127 / Appendix 6a Satisfaction Questionnaire of the Video Questionnaire (English) --- p.128 / Appendix 6b Satisfaction Questionnaire of the Video Questionnaire (Chinese) --- p.129 / Appendix 7a Interview guide (English) --- p.130 / Appendix 7b Interview guide (Chinese) --- p.131 / Appendix 8a Ethics approval 2001 --- p.132 / Appendix 8b Ethics approval 2004 --- p.133 / Appendix 9 Permission from Prince of Wales Hospital --- p.134 / Appendix 10 Consent form --- p.135 / Appendix 11 Comments about the video provided by video group women --- p.136 / Appendix 12 Other topics of interest provided by video group women --- p.137