Korean J Women Health Nurs.  2008 Mar;14(1):36-43.

Effects of a Postpartum Care Program for Postpartum Women on Postpartum Activity and Postpartum Discomfort in Primiparous Women

• Kim JH
• Park MK
• Park MH

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to develop a postpartum care program and to evaluate the effects of the program on postpartum activity and postpartum discomfort in primiparous women.
METHODS
For this control group quasi-experimental study, primiparous women who had a normal delivery at OBGYN clinics in G-city and then went home with assistance from their mothers participated from April 10 to August 2, 2006. The participants were assigned to an intervention group of 25 mothers or a control group of 23 mothers. Data analysis was performed by using SPSS/win10.0 PC+. X(2)-test and t-test, and repeated measure ANOVA.
RESULTS
The results showed that the degree of postpartum activity(F=4.66, p=.036) and the degree of postpartum discomfort(F=7.98, p=.007) were supported statistically with significant differences between the two groups.
CONCLUSIONS
Therefore, this program needs to be applied as a new nursing intervention because this postpartum care program was proven useful as effective postpartum care.

Keyword

Postpartum women; Postpartum program; Activity; Discomfort

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Mothers
Postnatal Care
Postpartum Period
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