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Parental support: mothers' experience of electronic encounters

Nyström, Kerstin, Öhrling, Kerstin·2006·Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
DOI 10.1258/135763306777488726
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Five mothers with normal pregnancies and healthy children met regularly during the infants' first year through an e-meeting portal. The technology made it possible to meet using realtime videoconferencing through the Web, both one to one and in groups. An experienced child-health nurse was the leader of the group. The intervention data included interviews and diary notes. Personal tape-recorded narrative interviews were conducted with the mothers, one midway through the study and one at the end. Qualitative content analysis was applied to the data and two major categories were identified: feeling support through confirmation and solidarity, and the technology presents possibilities and limitations. The mothers felt that sharing experiences with others was supportive and that having new friends reduced their feeling of loneliness. The mothers discussed the technology as fun and exciting. However, they were disturbed by sound problems and the realities of caring for an infant. The opportunity to meet other mothers in the same situation via electronic encounters and to share experiences of being a mother facilitated everyday life for these mothers.

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  • All studies included results on feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness, and some reported issues connected with implementation.

    “All studies included results on feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness, and some reported issues connected with implementation [33,36-38,40-44,47].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [44]

  • The most common technical problem reported was audio difficulties, including delays, dropouts, and background noise, followed by problems in downloading software.

    “The most common problem reported was audio difficulties, which included delays, dropouts, and background noise [33,37,38,44,45], followed by problems in downloading software [38,42,43].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [44]

  • Overall, inexperience with videoconferencing or computer use did not appear to be a major problem; the majority of studies reported that over time participants found the technology easy to use and enjoyable.

    “Overall, inexperience did not appear to be a major problem as the majority of studies reported that, over time, participants found the technology easy to use [32-35,40-42,46] and found videoconferencing enjoyable [42,44-46].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [44]

  • Eight of the 15 studies reported few technical difficulties, whereas 7 reported a number of problems, 2 of which required substantial work hours to overcome.

    “Various levels of technical problems were encountered; 8 of the 15 studies reported few difficulties [31,32,34-36,38,44-46], whereas 7 reported a number of problems [33,37,39,42,43,45,47], 2 of which required substantial work hours to overcome [39,47].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [44]

  • Some participants reported feeling more relaxed and open by being at home and valued the convenience.

    “some participants reported feeling more relaxed and open by being at home and valued the convenience [33,34,36,42-46].”

    From Telehealth Interventions Delivering Home-based Support Group Videoconferencing: Systematic Review (2018) · cites this paper as [44]

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Authors
Nyström, K., & Öhrling, K.
Affiliations
Luleå University of Technology (SE)
Venue
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2006-06-01
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
194-197
ISSN
  • 1357-633X (ISSN-L)
  • 1758-1109
DOI
10.1258/135763306777488726
OpenAlex
W2137453003
Cited by
35
References
14
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Keywords
parental support, mothers, videoconferencing, online support groups, infant care, first year of life, loneliness, social support, technology barriers, collective experience, pediatric nursing
MeSH terms
Adult, Communication, Female, Humans, Mothers, Social Support, Sweden, Internet, Videoconferencing

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