Avaliação do impacto de uma ação educativa na adesão familiar ao programa de triagem auditiva neonatal ( TAN) de um hospital universitário

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of an educational action on children's hearing health on family adherence to the neonatal hearing screening program carried out at a university hospital. Methods: This was an evaluative and experimental study carried out from August to October 2022 with mothers attended at the maternity ward of a university hospital, whose newborns failed the neonatal hearing screening and were referred for retesting. 24 mothers divided into two groups participated in the collection: an experimental group consisting of 12 mothers who during the collection period participated in an educational educational action by the research team and a control group consisting of 12 mothers who did not participate in the action, receiving only guidance from service routine. Data collection occurred by monitoring the rates of return of babies for the retest. Results: The comparison index to the retest for the CG was 66.6% as opposed to 75% for the EG. The schooling variable did not influence the comparison index of participants in both groups. When analyzing the non-comparison rate and the controlled variables in both groups, it was observed that mothers who did not return for the CG retest reside in the metropolitan region (40%), have informal occupation (40%) and income less than 1 minimum wage (36.6%). In the EG, the mothers who did not return are also those who have informal employment (27.2%) and income less than 1 minimum wage (30%). Conclusion: It is not possible to state that the proposed educational action influenced the participants' adherence to the retest stage, although the comparison index found in both groups was considered directed when compared to other studies. With regard to the comparison indices at the retest stage, there was also no influence on where the mothers live. Both groups adopted respected comparison indexes. The low non-comparison rate observed in both groups seems to be associated with mothers' occupation and personal income. The “failure” results presented by the babies can be considered as a determining factor for good family adherence to the retest stage, corroborating evidence presented in the literature.