ABSTRACT
This study was to examine the effects of support interventions on anxiety, depression, and quality of life in women hospitalized with preterm labor. A randomized, single-blind experimental design was used. Participants were recruited from maternity wards of one medical center in Taiwan. The control group (n = 103) received routine nursing care, and intervention group (n = 140) received interventional support during hospitalization. The Beck Anxiety Inventory, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire were used at admission and 2 weeks of hospitalization. For the control group, anxiety and depression scores increased significantly and quality of life decreased 2 weeks after hospitalization. Participants who received 2 weeks of support intervention had significantly lower anxiety and depression scores than controls. Thus, clinical nurses can offer support interventions to improve anxiety and depression for women with preterm labor during hospitalization.
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Hospitalization , Mind-Body Therapies , Obstetric Labor, Premature/therapy , Quality of Life/psychology , Adult , Anxiety/psychology , Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale/statistics & numerical data , Depression/psychology , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Nursing Staff, Hospital , Pregnancy , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data , Single-Blind Method , TaiwanABSTRACT
This study was conducted to determine nurses' and postpartum women's knowledge of and attitudes toward the traditional Chinese custom of 1-month confinement following delivery, to discover factors influencing the attitudes, and to analyze the correlation between them. After a descriptive and inferential analysis of 173 questionnaires (121 recent mothers and 52 nurses), a significant difference was found in the women's and nurses' scores for knowledge of the postpartum confinement custom, with postpartum women scoring higher than the nursing staff on average. Both groups held positive attitudes toward the traditional custom. Attitudes and level of knowledge were positively correlated. Results of this study can serve as a reference for in-service nursing education, which should include information about traditional postpartum customs.
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Attitude of Health Personnel/ethnology , Attitude to Health/ethnology , Medicine, Chinese Traditional/methods , Mothers , Nursing Staff, Hospital , Postnatal Care , Activities of Daily Living/psychology , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Bed Rest/methods , Bed Rest/psychology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Diet/methods , Diet/psychology , Educational Status , Female , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Medicine, Chinese Traditional/psychology , Midwifery/education , Midwifery/methods , Mothers/education , Mothers/psychology , Nursing Methodology Research , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Obstetric Nursing/education , Obstetric Nursing/methods , Postnatal Care/methods , Postnatal Care/psychology , Regression Analysis , Surveys and Questionnaires , TaiwanABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to explore mother-daughter interaction as represented by provision of food during the traditional month-long postpartum convalescence. The clinical field research method was employed. A convenience sample of three pairs of mothers and postpartum daughters were recruited from a medical center. Data from recorded interviews were analyzed. Content analysis was applied to analyze the interaction between the mothers and daughters. The study demonstrated that the mothers exhibited caring behavior toward their daughters during this period. The postpartum daughters reacted to their mothers with approach, nostalgia, and appreciation behaviors. The results of this study deserve the cognitive recognition of nurses, so that they can be aware of and respect the indigenous beliefs and practices that link the events of childbearing, the health status of women, and family relationships especially between the woman and her own mother in order to provide better maternity care for postpartum women.