Assessment of Knowledge about Postpartum Care among Women at Women’s Health Hospital, Assiut University | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 27, Volume 11, Issue 39 - Serial Number 1, September 2023, Pages 312-322 PDF (1.11 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2023.238832.1676 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hoda Thabet Mahmoud* 1; Mervat Ali Khamis2; Amal Abdelaziz Abdelaziz3 | ||
| 1Instructor of Maternal & Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Maternal & Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Maternal & Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Postpartum period is a crucial time for the body to adjust, and the mother goes through a lot of physical and mental struggles during this time, which can have an intensive impact on the health of the mother and newborn in the future. The aim: This study aimed to assess the knowledge about postpartum care among women at Women’s Health Hospital, Assiut University. Research design: A Descriptive, cross sectional design was used to achieve the objective of this study. Setting: This study was conducted at emergency unit & postpartum department at Women’s Health Hospital, Assiut University. Sample: convenient sample on 300 post-partum women. Data collection: Data were collected by structured interview questionnaire consisted of three parts: Part 1: Included sociodemographic data, medical history and obstetric history Part 2: knowledge about maternal care, Part 3: knowledge about neonatal care. Results: The current study findings showed that only 8% of the studied postpartum women had good while 59.7% had poor knowledge regarding postpartum care. There were a high significant relation between total score of women’s knowledge and their residence, educational level and employment status. Conclusion: About more than half of the postpartum women had poor knowledge regarding postpartum care. Recommendation: give health education supported by drawing pamphlets about postpartum self and neonatal care on discharge for postpartum the women | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Assessment; knowledge; postpartum care & postpartum women | ||
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