Korean J Women Health Nurs.  2009 Dec;15(4):280-293. 10.4069/kjwhn.2009.15.4.280.

Relationship with Physical Suffering, Emotional State, and Nursing Needs of Pregnant Women in Preterm Labor

• Go JI
• Kim KH
• Yeoum SG

• KMID: 2308025
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2009.15.4.280

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to identify the relationship between physical suffering, emotional state, and nursing needs of pregnant women in preterm labor and the difference depending on general characteristics. METHODS: The participants in this descriptive survey, selected by convenience sampling, were 126 pregnant women who were hospitalized after being diagnosed with preterm labor at 3 university hospitals. RESULTS: The level of personal hygiene was assessed in physical suffering, level of fear was assessed by the emotional state, and level of perterm labor was assessed by the nursing cares. In the analysis, physical suffering, emotional state, and nursing needs in the subjects all showed a significantly positive correlation. Differences in physical suffering, emotional state, and nursing needs depending on general characteristics were as follows: age, job, family type, economic condition, smoking, drinking admission days, previous delivery type, and artificial insemination. CONCLUSION: Based on the results of this study, the nurse should focus on the domain of personal hygiene, and teaching contents specific for abdominal breathing exercises for relieving the women's fear and anxiety should be added.

Keyword

Obstetric labor premature; Suffering physical; Emotions; Nursing needs

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Breathing Exercises
Drinking
Female
Hospitals, University
Humans
Hygiene
Insemination, Artificial
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women
Smoke
Smoking
Stress, Psychological
Smoke