Effect of Wound Care Guidelines on Women's Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Cesarean Section Wound Healing | ||
| Menoufia Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 49-62 PDF (1.16 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/menj.2023.307409 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samar Zidan Ali1; Enas Kassem Ali Qasem2; Safaa Soliman Ahmed3 | ||
| 1Assistant Lecturer in Maternity & Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing -Beni-suf University | ||
| 2Professor of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Menoufia University | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Beni-suf University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Improving women's knowledge, beliefs, and practices based on wound care guidelines should be recognized as being essential to reduce post-cesarean wound infection. The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of wound care guidelines on women's knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding cesarean section wound healing. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Sample: A purposive sample consisted of 200 pregnant women undergoing cesarean section. Setting: The study was carried out at the Obstetrics and Gynecological Department& outpatient clinic at Beni-suef University Hospital in Beni-suef Governorate, Egypt. Instruments of this study were a structured interviewing questionnaire to assess pregnant beliefs in women knowledge and beliefs regarding wound care guidelines and self-care practice tool. Results: There was a statistically significant reduction beliefs in postoperative wound infection in the study group compared to the control group. Conclusion: Women had higher knowledge, beliefs, and practice score about wound care guidelines regarding caesarean section wound healing. Recommendations: There is more knowledge, beliefs and practices related to cesarean wound healing that need to be corrected. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Wound care guidelines; Women's Knowledge; Believes; Practices; Cesarean Section Wound Healing | ||
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