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Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors

Cilt: 10 Sayı: 3 30 Eylül 2020
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Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors

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Aim: The study was conducted as a descriptive study in order to determine mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and the affecting factors. Materials and Method: The sample of the study consisted of 526 postpartum mothers in two hospitals in a province of Turkey and who accepted to participate in the study. Data were collected using face-to-face interview method by Personal Information Form and Postpartum Comfort Scale (PCS). Results: In this study, it was detemined that the mean score of the mothers from PCS was 122.88±15.02, 46.27±7.66 in physical comfort, 43.48±5.10 in psychospritual comfort and 33.09±6.59 in sociocultural comfort, and the mothers’ comfort was found to be at moderate level. Physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural comfort and total mean scores of the mothers who planned their pregnancy, who described health professionals’ behaviors as quite gentle, who had education during hospitalization, who were satisfied with the care, who expressed their general health condition as very good and who felt relieved thanks to postpartum care were significantly higher than the other groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was determined that planning of pregnancy, perception of birth, general health status, behaviors of health professionals, having education during hospitalization and satisfaction with the care affected the mothers’ comfort levels. Mothers should be informed and supported during the prenatal, delivery and postpartum periods, delivery services should be arranged in a way to increase comfort and health professionals should behave gently to mothers and their families.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Destekleyen Kurum

Sivas Cumhuriyet University Scientific Research Projects Commission

Proje Numarası

SBF-029 master thesis project

Teşekkür

The authors thank all of the mother who agreed to participate in this study.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Eylül 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

27 Şubat 2020

Kabul Tarihi

8 Haziran 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Akgün, Ö., & Duran Aksoy, Ö. (2020). Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 10(3), 385-393. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.695648
AMA
1.Akgün Ö, Duran Aksoy Ö. Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors. Journal of Contemporary Medicine. 2020;10(3):385-393. doi:10.16899/jcm.695648
Chicago
Akgün, Özlem, ve Özlem Duran Aksoy. 2020. “Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 10 (3): 385-93. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.695648.
EndNote
Akgün Ö, Duran Aksoy Ö (01 Eylül 2020) Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 10 3 385–393.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Akgün ve Ö. Duran Aksoy, “Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors”, Journal of Contemporary Medicine, c. 10, sy 3, ss. 385–393, Eyl. 2020, doi: 10.16899/jcm.695648.
ISNAD
Akgün, Özlem - Duran Aksoy, Özlem. “Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 10/3 (01 Eylül 2020): 385-393. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.695648.
JAMA
1.Akgün Ö, Duran Aksoy Ö. Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors. Journal of Contemporary Medicine. 2020;10:385–393.
MLA
Akgün, Özlem, ve Özlem Duran Aksoy. “Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, c. 10, sy 3, Eylül 2020, ss. 385-93, doi:10.16899/jcm.695648.
Vancouver
1.Özlem Akgün, Özlem Duran Aksoy. Determination of mothers’ postpartum comfort levels and affecting factors. Journal of Contemporary Medicine. 01 Eylül 2020;10(3):385-93. doi:10.16899/jcm.695648

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