THE RELATION BETWEEN PRIMIPARA COPING PATTERN AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE DURING THE TWO & FOUR WEEKS POSTNATAL

Abu El-eneen, Nahed; El-Sayed, Hanan; Abd EL-Hady, Reda; Abo Shabana, Kamilia

doi:10.21608/mnj.2019.175765

THE RELATION BETWEEN PRIMIPARA COPING PATTERN AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE DURING THE TWO & FOUR WEEKS POSTNATAL

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ B.S.C nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

² Assist.Prof. of Woman’s Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

³ Prof. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Ma.nsoura University

⁴ Prof .of Maternal and Neonatal Health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain-Shams University

10.21608/mnj.2019.175765

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between primipara coping pattern and their knowledge during the two and four weeks postnatal. Methods: Study design: The descriptive study design was utilized in this study. Study setting: The study was conducted in Kafer-Elsheekh General Hospital at postnatal unit and at home during the period from January 2015 to June 2015. Subjects of the study: A convenient sampling of
120 primipara mothers. Tool:Two tools were used for data collection : A structured interview questionnaire to assess general characteristics of women, questions to assess the primipara knowledge about the postpartum,and coping scale to assess positive and negative coping at the two and four weeks postpartum. Results: The present study findings revealed that there was a significant difference between total scores of knowledge &positive and negative coping at two weeks also there was a statistical significantly difference of knowledge and negative coping at four weeks postpartum. The total mean of positive coping during postpartum at fourth week is significantly higher than at the second week. There was a significant difference between mean scores of negative coping among different ages at two weeks also, there was highly statistically significant difference between mean score of negative coping by increasing the level of education and job in two weeks and four weeks. Conclusion: Overall the results of the present study highlighted that there was increasing of positive coping by good knowledge at two week but there was no change at fourth week. Recommendation: Activating programs for information, health education and communication to enhance women positive coping and raise knowledge of health provider and society about postpartum stressor and how to cope with it positively.

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