Effect of Awareness Program regarding Motherhood Preparation on First-Time Mothers' Knowledge, Practices, and Emotional Status | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2024, Page 103-122 PDF (633.76 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.337626 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hala Ahmed Thabet1; Manar Fathy Heiba Eid2; Salwa El Saied Mahmoud Dawoud3; Amal S. Abu Almakarem4; Rasha Kamal Mohamed Sweelam,5; Safaa Ibrahim Ahmed6 | ||||
| 1Women's Health and Midwifery Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Assistant professor of Maternity, Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Nursing fellow (woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing), students Hospital Mansoura University | ||||
| 4Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 5Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt | ||||
| 6Assisstant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Becoming a mother is one of the principal transitions in a woman’s life. which brings along the responsibility of caring for and maintaining life. Physical and psychological healthiness is changed leaving profound impacts on the quality of mothers' lives, especially those of first-time mothers, and making this postnatal period, in a way, unbearable to them. So, the study aimed to determine the effect of awareness program regarding motherhood preparation on first-time mothers' knowledge, practices, and emotional status. Subjects and method: Design: Quasi-experimental research design pre-post-test was utilized to achieve this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the postnatal department, postnatal outpatient clinic at Sohag University Hospital, followed by a telephone interview at 2 weeks after birth. Subjects: A convenience sample of 100 postnatal women was enrolled. Four tools were used for data collection: Tool (I): Structured interview questionnaire, Tool (II): Mother's knowledge, regarding self-care and their newborn care during the post-partum period (pre and post-test format), Tool (III): Mother's reporting practice regarding self-care and their newborn care during post-partum period (pre and post-test format), and Tool (IV): Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS) (pre and post-test format). The results: the present study revealed that there were highly statistically significant differences between mothers' knowledge, reporting practice, and their depression, anxiety, and stress levels regarding motherhood preparation pre and post-implementation of the awareness program. Conclusions: Awareness program regarding motherhood preparation application has a positive effect on improving first-time mothers' Knowledge, Practices, and emotional status pre-intervention than post-intervention. The study recommended conducting an awareness program for first-time mothers during pregnancy to inform them about self-care and their newborn care during the postpartum period to reduce their depression, anxiety, and stress levels. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Awareness program; Emotional Status; Knowledge; Motherhood Preparation; Practices; First time mother | ||||
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