Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 7 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 443-446
A Study to Assess the Efficacy of using Kramer's Rule to Assess Newborn in Phototherapy at SMVMCH, Puducherry
***R. Danasu **K. Deepalakshmi,*K. Sharmila
***Principal, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry.
**Assistant Professor in Nursing, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry.
*M. Sc (Nursing) IInd Year, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry.
Corresponding Author: K. Sharmila
ABSTRACT
Neonatal jaundice affects approximately 60 percent of full-term infants and almost every premature infant. For the vast majority of these newborns increased total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels are benign and transitory with only 5% reaching levels that require treatment. This study involves quantitative study approach and descriptive research design was adopted. This study was conducted in NICU at SMVMCH, Puducherry. A total of 30 newborns in phototherapy were selected for this study using purposive sampling technique. The results showed that the demographic variables such as mother's age, ABO incompatibility and Mode of delivery had shown statistically significant association between efficacy of phototherapy using Kramer's rule with chi-square value of 2 is 0.594, 0.589 and 0.524.The overall result shows that significant and non-significant relationship with the demographic variables the level of p<0.05.
Keywords: phototherapy, Kramer’s rule, efficacy, jaundice.
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