Journal of Social Behavior and Community Health

en The Effect of Telephone Health Training on Perceived Stress of Mothers with Premature Infants Discharged from Hospital سلامت روان Mental Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: Premature birth is a global health issue leading to major stress in mothers that will be able to get answers to many of their questions at home through a phone call. This study aimed to investigate the effect of telephone health training on perceived stress of mothers with premature infants discharged from hospital. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 60 mothers referring to Shohada-ye Kargar Hospital (Yazd, Iran) in 2022. They were selected using a purposive sampling method and then randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups. Data collection was accomplished with the Perceived Stress Questionnaire and demographic questionnaire. Telephone training was performed in intervention group. The control group received the ordinary care at discharge time. Data were analyzed with SPSS22 using paired t-test, independent t-test, and chi-square test. Results: The mean perceived stress of mothers was 25.10 ± 2.32 and 25.33 ± 3.12, in the intervention and control group prior to the intervention, respectively. These scores were 21.24 ± 1.83 and 24.14 ± 2.81, respectively after the intervention, and it decreased significantly in the intervention group (P = 0.03). Conclusion: Telephone health training is regarded as an efficient and low-cost method for reducing perceived stress of mothers with premature infants discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  Improving maternal and neonatal health are suggested.  </div> Telephone Training, Discharge, Perceived Stress, Mothers, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 1228 1235 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-123-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hossein Tavangar tavangar11@yahoo.com 0000-0002-9678-2240 No Department of Nursing Education, Research Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Non-communicable Diseases Research Institute, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Marjan Alichi marjanalichi0359@gmail.com 0000-0002-3106-4934 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Zahra Pourmovahed movahed446@yahoo.com 0000-0002-6512-2768 Yes Department of Health Education and Promotion, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran