BACKGROUND Breastfeeding not only meets the nutritional needs of newborn growth and development but also promotes uterine contraction and discharge of lochia,which helps in maternal recovery.However,some mothers exper...BACKGROUND Breastfeeding not only meets the nutritional needs of newborn growth and development but also promotes uterine contraction and discharge of lochia,which helps in maternal recovery.However,some mothers experience abnormal lactation and breast swelling due to a lack of breastfeeding knowledge,painful cesarean incisions,anesthesia,negative emotions,and other factors,resulting in a reduced breastfeeding rate,which adversely affects neonatal and maternal health.AIM To explore the effects of care intervention with a health education form for breastfeeding on breastfeeding-related conditions.METHODS In this study,207 mothers with postpartum breast pain and difficulty lactating were selected and divided into intervention and control groups using a random number table.Both groups of mothers were provided with basic nursing and related treatment measures after delivery.The intervention group additionally received care intervention with a health education form for breastfeeding.The scores of lactation volume,breast distension and pain,breastfeeding rate,breastfeeding self-efficacy,treatment effect,and complication rate of the two groups were compared.RESULTS After treatment,the breast pain score of the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group,while the lactation score,score of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form scale,parent-child communication score,maternal-infant interaction score,total score of maternal-infant communication,and breastfeeding rate of the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group.After intervention,the overall therapeutic effect of the intervention group was better than that of the control group,and the complication rate of the intervention group was lower than that of the control group.CONCLUSION Breastfeeding health education and nursing intervention combined with basic clinical treatment have good clinical effects in managing postpartum breast distension and pain and increasing lactation yield.展开更多
The provision of breast milk and breastfeeding is recommended for preterm infants.Multidisciplinary cooperation is required to promote breastfeeding.Nurses play impor tant roles in breastfeeding preterm infants.First,...The provision of breast milk and breastfeeding is recommended for preterm infants.Multidisciplinary cooperation is required to promote breastfeeding.Nurses play impor tant roles in breastfeeding preterm infants.First,nurses are strong advocates to help families be aware of the significance of breastfeeding.Second,nurses are educators providing technical and emotional support to pregnant and lying-in women.Third,nurses are coordinators in a multidisciplinary team.Nurses’unawareness of the impor tance of breastfeeding,knowledge deficit,and unsupportive lactation policy are barriers to breastfeeding promotion for preterm infants.It is therefore suggested that hospital administrators provide appropriate breastfeeding policies,set up posts,and ensure nurses’responsibilities in breastfeeding.Additionally,tailored training should be strengthened to improve nurses’knowledge and skills and thereby enable them to fully exer t their roles in the breastfeeding promotion of preterm infants.展开更多
Objective: To establish breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing model used in clinical nursing and teaching, it is possible to improve nurses and nursing students to master knowledge of breastfeeding, analysis, judgme...Objective: To establish breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing model used in clinical nursing and teaching, it is possible to improve nurses and nursing students to master knowledge of breastfeeding, analysis, judgment, decision-making and the ability to care-related issues, promoting pure improve breastfeeding rates. Method: 1) The North American Nursing Diagnosis Nursing Association (NANDA), Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Classification (NIC) link (NNN link) clinical clues reasoning to determine the contents of the questionnaire were used. Then, the Delphi method to care was used. 2) The survey questionnaire was designed. The content included the clinical holistic nursing care model in breastfeeding and the model’s use situation. 3) Questionnaire survey: in the national midwifery care industries, volunteers were collected who were willing to use the breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing care model in the nursing work. We issued 98 questionnaires and took back 76 valid questionnaires. Results: The construction of the breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing model includes 9 nursing diagnoses which contain the breastfeeding effective, the lack of knowledge, the decision conflicts, the risk of breast tenderness, the risk of cracked nipple, the invalid hazard occurring in breastfeeding, the risk of caregiver role strain, the risk of breast feeding jaundice and the ineffective community coping, 18 nursing outcomes and 64 nursing measures. In the composition of breastfeeding after clinical holistic nursing model in clinical practice, 100% of obstetric nurses think that the breastfeeding nursing model can promote the nursing staff to care patients according to the nursing process, can help nurses to analyze, evaluate, make decision, and care about breastfeeding related problems, as well as can promote the mother’s milk feeding rate. Conclusion: The establishment of the breastfeeding nursing model provides a learning material for obstetric breast-feeding. Moreover, nursing diagnosis, nursing outcomes and nursing measures correspond according to the form of chart, which are easy to use and find. The breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing model is practicing in clinical nursing, which can help nursing staff to improve the ability of nursing personnel according to evidence-based nursing patients, to improve the ability of nursing personnel analysis, evaluation, decision-making and nursing in breastfeeding problems and to promote the rate of breastfeeding.展开更多
Background: Nurses are important frontline health workers that promote and support optimum breastfeeding. They are, therefore, expected to have basic breastfeeding knowledge and favaourable attitude for better clinica...Background: Nurses are important frontline health workers that promote and support optimum breastfeeding. They are, therefore, expected to have basic breastfeeding knowledge and favaourable attitude for better clinical experience as students and intention to breastfeed as potential parents. This study aimed to assess the breastfeeding knowledge, attitude, and intention of nursing students in Nigeria. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 142 nursing students. A validated tool was used to obtain breastfeeding knowledge, attitude, and intention of the students. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: The majority (81%) of the nursing students had adequate breastfeeding knowledge, however, only four out of every 10 students had a positive attitude towards breastfeeding and 36.6% had good intention to breastfeed in the future. This study revealed no significant relationship (p = 0.102) between the breastfeeding knowledge and attitude of the students while a significant relationship (p = 0.002) existed between breastfeeding knowledge and future breastfeeding intention of the nursing students. Conclusion: Nursing students demonstrated adequate knowledge of breastfeeding;however, their attitudes towards breastfeeding and the intention to breastfeed were inadequate. There is a need to focus on the attitudinal changes of the nursing students which could influence their future professional practices and engagement in the optimal breastfeeding practices.展开更多
Objective:To analyze the effect of Internet+nursing practice to promote exclusive breastfeeding.Methods:60 new mothers were selected from our hospital between February 2021 and February 2022,randomly divided into two ...Objective:To analyze the effect of Internet+nursing practice to promote exclusive breastfeeding.Methods:60 new mothers were selected from our hospital between February 2021 and February 2022,randomly divided into two groups,the control group and the observation group.Conventional care was given to the control group and the Internet+care was given to the observation group.The healing of perineal wounds,breastfeeding rate as well as the nursing satisfaction of both groups were compared with each other.Results:The perineal wound healing rate was 100.00%in the observation group and 83.33%in the control group,the healing rate was higher in the observation group(P<0.05).80.00%,with higher nursing satisfaction in the observation group(P<0.05).Conclusion:Internet+nursing guidance during the perinatal care of mothers can improve the success rate of breastfeeding and achieve higher nursing satisfaction.展开更多
This study investigated self-efficacy in breastfeeding support among public health nurses (PHNs) working at maternal and child health (MCH) services in Japanese municipalities, and its related factors such as educatio...This study investigated self-efficacy in breastfeeding support among public health nurses (PHNs) working at maternal and child health (MCH) services in Japanese municipalities, and its related factors such as education, working experience, breastfeeding experience, and postgraduate/continuous education. Directors of the MCH divisions were requested to select one PHN to answer the self-report questionnaires sent. The questionnaires were collected from October 2010 to January 2011. Of the 1750 questionnaires sent, 831 were returned (response rate: 47.5%);102 were excluded from analysis because of missing data (valid response rate: 41.7%). After adjusting the weights of PHN sampling and collection rates by prefecture and population size, Model 1 of the multiple regression analysis showed that the self-efficacy in breastfeeding support was significantly higher in large/urban municipalities (β = 0.13) and in the Kanto district. Model 2 revealed that self-efficacy was significantly associated with working experience (β = 0.13) and breastfeeding experience (β = 0.22) but not with educational background. Model 3 showed that self-efficacy was significantly associated with postgraduate education (β = 0.14) and continuous education (β = 0.12). This suggested that PHNs’ self-efficacy increased through self-enrichment. It is necessary to create training opportunities about breastfeeding support for PHNs—especially those working in remote and/or small municipalities— and to provide them with new and important information.展开更多
This study aimed to explore breastfeeding support by public health nurses (PHNs) working in Japanese municipalities in order to promote a breastfeeding-friendly environment. We interviewed 20 participants including fi...This study aimed to explore breastfeeding support by public health nurses (PHNs) working in Japanese municipalities in order to promote a breastfeeding-friendly environment. We interviewed 20 participants including five PHNs, four midwives, four doctors (one obstetrician and three pediatricians), and seven mothers who experienced breastfeeding between June and August 2010 and analyzed the data using content analysis. Collected data were classified into four categories including “collecting information”, “assessment”, “direct and individual support”, and “support for group and community” with 15 subcategories: infant’s condition, mother’s condition, mother-infant relationship, child rearing environment, mother’s state-of-mind, identifying necessary support, psychological support, concrete support, breastfeeding on demand, necessary information, advice to supporters, introducing services, breastfeeding-friendly environment, breastfeeding support groups and cooperation with relevant organization. This study suggested that the PHNs’ responsibilities for breastfeeding support should be extended beyond the currently understood scope of their duties. The study demonstrated that PNH needed to create a breastfeeding-friendly environment that included networking with breast care support organizations and peer groups and to promote breastfeeding in public areas including the workplace.展开更多
Background: Promoting breastfeeding support by public health nurses (PHN) requires first that the support which they currently provide to be assessed. However, there is no assessment tool for this purpose. The aim of ...Background: Promoting breastfeeding support by public health nurses (PHN) requires first that the support which they currently provide to be assessed. However, there is no assessment tool for this purpose. The aim of this study was therefore to develop a scale to assess breastfeeding support currently provided by PHN. Methods: We developed the Practice of Breastfeeding Support Scale (PBSS) for PHN based on the results of a previous study. The content validity of the PBSS was established through discussion with three other researchers. A pilot study was conducted to confirm face validity. To confirm reliability and validity, an anonymous, self-reported questionnaire was sent to PHN working in municipal offices. The statistical analyses included the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO), Barlett’s Test of Sphericity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach’s alpha and correlation coefficient. Results: 768 PHN participated in this study. Cronbach’s alpha of PBSS was 0.85. The KMO measure was 0.892, and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity was p Conclusion: The reliability and validity of PBSS were confirmed. These findings suggested that the PBSS has the potential to help promote breastfeeding support by PHN by clarifying their current breastfeeding support practices and related factors.展开更多
This is a cross-sectional, correlational and quantitative study conducted on 210 postpartum women from January to July 2013 at the breastfeeding outpatient clinic of a public maternity. The study was carried out in or...This is a cross-sectional, correlational and quantitative study conducted on 210 postpartum women from January to July 2013 at the breastfeeding outpatient clinic of a public maternity. The study was carried out in order to assess the determining factors in maintaining an exclusive breastfeeding in the first month of the newborn’s life, the participation of the nurse in encouraging this process, and the reasons leading to a premature weaning. Prior births proved to be a positive factor for exclusive breastfeeding (Odds Ratio (OR) 0.359;CI 95% 0.137 - 0.941;p = 0.031). The absence of a nurse in the medical appointments resulted in a threefold risk to have no prenatal exclusive breastfeeding guidance whatsoever (OR 3.025;CI 95% 1.567 - 5.840;p = 0.001). The reported reasons for a premature weaning were difficulty latching-on, cracked nipples, poor milk that does not satiate the baby’s hunger, and production of little or no milk at all. The results provide information for the adoption of strategies during pregnancy and the postpartum period aimed to promote an exclusive breastfeeding, checking for the possible influence of the woman’s personal circumstances in her choosing exclusive breastfeeding, as well as the participation of the nurse in the mother’s decision.展开更多
Introduction: To explore Portuguese pregnant women’ knowledge on breastfeeding and to correlate knowledge scores with the socio-demographic variables. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to assess 621 pregnant...Introduction: To explore Portuguese pregnant women’ knowledge on breastfeeding and to correlate knowledge scores with the socio-demographic variables. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to assess 621 pregnant women’ knowledge on breastfeeding at three health centers in the North of Portugal. The face-to-face interviewing was used to collected data using a clinical instrument composed by 18 knowledge breastfeeding descriptors. The reliability of the instrument was very good (KR-20 = 0.88). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to examine pregnant women’ knowledge and the relation with socio-demographics variables. Results: Pregnant women were found to be more knowledgeable in benefits of breastfeeding. In 14 knowledge descriptors more than 60% of pregnant women revealed lack of knowledge. The most usual lack of knowledge concerned how to increase lactation and how to deal with breastfeeding complications. The pregnant women more knowledgeable were the oldest, with higher education, and with previous experience on breastfeeding. Discussion: Pregnant women revealed a significant lack of knowledge to support basic breastfeeding decisions. The focus of care should emphasize on the younger, the first-time mothers and less well-educated women as particular vulnerable and poorer prepared groups concerning breastfeeding knowledge.展开更多
Mammary abscess,also termed acute mastitis,is an acute suppurative disease characterized by breast lumps,redness,swelling,heat,and pain. It is commonly seen in primiparous lactating women 3-4 weeks after parturition. ...Mammary abscess,also termed acute mastitis,is an acute suppurative disease characterized by breast lumps,redness,swelling,heat,and pain. It is commonly seen in primiparous lactating women 3-4 weeks after parturition. It is believed that the occurrence of acute mastitis is closely associated with stress,a surplus of nutrients during pregnancy,overreliance on breast pumps and lack of breastfeeding experience. In recent years,traditional Chinese medicine( TCM)has been extensively applied in the treatment of acute mastitis because of its low cost and high safety,and has been considered to be the first-choice treatment of acute mastitis in China. Therefore,this article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and health guidance of acute mastitis in order to further develop the advantages of TCM,improve its efficacy and standardized its nursing behavior.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Breastfeeding not only meets the nutritional needs of newborn growth and development but also promotes uterine contraction and discharge of lochia,which helps in maternal recovery.However,some mothers experience abnormal lactation and breast swelling due to a lack of breastfeeding knowledge,painful cesarean incisions,anesthesia,negative emotions,and other factors,resulting in a reduced breastfeeding rate,which adversely affects neonatal and maternal health.AIM To explore the effects of care intervention with a health education form for breastfeeding on breastfeeding-related conditions.METHODS In this study,207 mothers with postpartum breast pain and difficulty lactating were selected and divided into intervention and control groups using a random number table.Both groups of mothers were provided with basic nursing and related treatment measures after delivery.The intervention group additionally received care intervention with a health education form for breastfeeding.The scores of lactation volume,breast distension and pain,breastfeeding rate,breastfeeding self-efficacy,treatment effect,and complication rate of the two groups were compared.RESULTS After treatment,the breast pain score of the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group,while the lactation score,score of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form scale,parent-child communication score,maternal-infant interaction score,total score of maternal-infant communication,and breastfeeding rate of the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group.After intervention,the overall therapeutic effect of the intervention group was better than that of the control group,and the complication rate of the intervention group was lower than that of the control group.CONCLUSION Breastfeeding health education and nursing intervention combined with basic clinical treatment have good clinical effects in managing postpartum breast distension and pain and increasing lactation yield.
基金supported by Peking University Longtai Nursing Grant(No.LTHL19ZD01)。
文摘The provision of breast milk and breastfeeding is recommended for preterm infants.Multidisciplinary cooperation is required to promote breastfeeding.Nurses play impor tant roles in breastfeeding preterm infants.First,nurses are strong advocates to help families be aware of the significance of breastfeeding.Second,nurses are educators providing technical and emotional support to pregnant and lying-in women.Third,nurses are coordinators in a multidisciplinary team.Nurses’unawareness of the impor tance of breastfeeding,knowledge deficit,and unsupportive lactation policy are barriers to breastfeeding promotion for preterm infants.It is therefore suggested that hospital administrators provide appropriate breastfeeding policies,set up posts,and ensure nurses’responsibilities in breastfeeding.Additionally,tailored training should be strengthened to improve nurses’knowledge and skills and thereby enable them to fully exer t their roles in the breastfeeding promotion of preterm infants.
文摘Objective: To establish breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing model used in clinical nursing and teaching, it is possible to improve nurses and nursing students to master knowledge of breastfeeding, analysis, judgment, decision-making and the ability to care-related issues, promoting pure improve breastfeeding rates. Method: 1) The North American Nursing Diagnosis Nursing Association (NANDA), Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Classification (NIC) link (NNN link) clinical clues reasoning to determine the contents of the questionnaire were used. Then, the Delphi method to care was used. 2) The survey questionnaire was designed. The content included the clinical holistic nursing care model in breastfeeding and the model’s use situation. 3) Questionnaire survey: in the national midwifery care industries, volunteers were collected who were willing to use the breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing care model in the nursing work. We issued 98 questionnaires and took back 76 valid questionnaires. Results: The construction of the breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing model includes 9 nursing diagnoses which contain the breastfeeding effective, the lack of knowledge, the decision conflicts, the risk of breast tenderness, the risk of cracked nipple, the invalid hazard occurring in breastfeeding, the risk of caregiver role strain, the risk of breast feeding jaundice and the ineffective community coping, 18 nursing outcomes and 64 nursing measures. In the composition of breastfeeding after clinical holistic nursing model in clinical practice, 100% of obstetric nurses think that the breastfeeding nursing model can promote the nursing staff to care patients according to the nursing process, can help nurses to analyze, evaluate, make decision, and care about breastfeeding related problems, as well as can promote the mother’s milk feeding rate. Conclusion: The establishment of the breastfeeding nursing model provides a learning material for obstetric breast-feeding. Moreover, nursing diagnosis, nursing outcomes and nursing measures correspond according to the form of chart, which are easy to use and find. The breastfeeding clinical holistic nursing model is practicing in clinical nursing, which can help nursing staff to improve the ability of nursing personnel according to evidence-based nursing patients, to improve the ability of nursing personnel analysis, evaluation, decision-making and nursing in breastfeeding problems and to promote the rate of breastfeeding.
文摘Background: Nurses are important frontline health workers that promote and support optimum breastfeeding. They are, therefore, expected to have basic breastfeeding knowledge and favaourable attitude for better clinical experience as students and intention to breastfeed as potential parents. This study aimed to assess the breastfeeding knowledge, attitude, and intention of nursing students in Nigeria. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 142 nursing students. A validated tool was used to obtain breastfeeding knowledge, attitude, and intention of the students. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: The majority (81%) of the nursing students had adequate breastfeeding knowledge, however, only four out of every 10 students had a positive attitude towards breastfeeding and 36.6% had good intention to breastfeed in the future. This study revealed no significant relationship (p = 0.102) between the breastfeeding knowledge and attitude of the students while a significant relationship (p = 0.002) existed between breastfeeding knowledge and future breastfeeding intention of the nursing students. Conclusion: Nursing students demonstrated adequate knowledge of breastfeeding;however, their attitudes towards breastfeeding and the intention to breastfeed were inadequate. There is a need to focus on the attitudinal changes of the nursing students which could influence their future professional practices and engagement in the optimal breastfeeding practices.
文摘Objective:To analyze the effect of Internet+nursing practice to promote exclusive breastfeeding.Methods:60 new mothers were selected from our hospital between February 2021 and February 2022,randomly divided into two groups,the control group and the observation group.Conventional care was given to the control group and the Internet+care was given to the observation group.The healing of perineal wounds,breastfeeding rate as well as the nursing satisfaction of both groups were compared with each other.Results:The perineal wound healing rate was 100.00%in the observation group and 83.33%in the control group,the healing rate was higher in the observation group(P<0.05).80.00%,with higher nursing satisfaction in the observation group(P<0.05).Conclusion:Internet+nursing guidance during the perinatal care of mothers can improve the success rate of breastfeeding and achieve higher nursing satisfaction.
文摘This study investigated self-efficacy in breastfeeding support among public health nurses (PHNs) working at maternal and child health (MCH) services in Japanese municipalities, and its related factors such as education, working experience, breastfeeding experience, and postgraduate/continuous education. Directors of the MCH divisions were requested to select one PHN to answer the self-report questionnaires sent. The questionnaires were collected from October 2010 to January 2011. Of the 1750 questionnaires sent, 831 were returned (response rate: 47.5%);102 were excluded from analysis because of missing data (valid response rate: 41.7%). After adjusting the weights of PHN sampling and collection rates by prefecture and population size, Model 1 of the multiple regression analysis showed that the self-efficacy in breastfeeding support was significantly higher in large/urban municipalities (β = 0.13) and in the Kanto district. Model 2 revealed that self-efficacy was significantly associated with working experience (β = 0.13) and breastfeeding experience (β = 0.22) but not with educational background. Model 3 showed that self-efficacy was significantly associated with postgraduate education (β = 0.14) and continuous education (β = 0.12). This suggested that PHNs’ self-efficacy increased through self-enrichment. It is necessary to create training opportunities about breastfeeding support for PHNs—especially those working in remote and/or small municipalities— and to provide them with new and important information.
文摘This study aimed to explore breastfeeding support by public health nurses (PHNs) working in Japanese municipalities in order to promote a breastfeeding-friendly environment. We interviewed 20 participants including five PHNs, four midwives, four doctors (one obstetrician and three pediatricians), and seven mothers who experienced breastfeeding between June and August 2010 and analyzed the data using content analysis. Collected data were classified into four categories including “collecting information”, “assessment”, “direct and individual support”, and “support for group and community” with 15 subcategories: infant’s condition, mother’s condition, mother-infant relationship, child rearing environment, mother’s state-of-mind, identifying necessary support, psychological support, concrete support, breastfeeding on demand, necessary information, advice to supporters, introducing services, breastfeeding-friendly environment, breastfeeding support groups and cooperation with relevant organization. This study suggested that the PHNs’ responsibilities for breastfeeding support should be extended beyond the currently understood scope of their duties. The study demonstrated that PNH needed to create a breastfeeding-friendly environment that included networking with breast care support organizations and peer groups and to promote breastfeeding in public areas including the workplace.
文摘Background: Promoting breastfeeding support by public health nurses (PHN) requires first that the support which they currently provide to be assessed. However, there is no assessment tool for this purpose. The aim of this study was therefore to develop a scale to assess breastfeeding support currently provided by PHN. Methods: We developed the Practice of Breastfeeding Support Scale (PBSS) for PHN based on the results of a previous study. The content validity of the PBSS was established through discussion with three other researchers. A pilot study was conducted to confirm face validity. To confirm reliability and validity, an anonymous, self-reported questionnaire was sent to PHN working in municipal offices. The statistical analyses included the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO), Barlett’s Test of Sphericity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach’s alpha and correlation coefficient. Results: 768 PHN participated in this study. Cronbach’s alpha of PBSS was 0.85. The KMO measure was 0.892, and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity was p Conclusion: The reliability and validity of PBSS were confirmed. These findings suggested that the PBSS has the potential to help promote breastfeeding support by PHN by clarifying their current breastfeeding support practices and related factors.
文摘This is a cross-sectional, correlational and quantitative study conducted on 210 postpartum women from January to July 2013 at the breastfeeding outpatient clinic of a public maternity. The study was carried out in order to assess the determining factors in maintaining an exclusive breastfeeding in the first month of the newborn’s life, the participation of the nurse in encouraging this process, and the reasons leading to a premature weaning. Prior births proved to be a positive factor for exclusive breastfeeding (Odds Ratio (OR) 0.359;CI 95% 0.137 - 0.941;p = 0.031). The absence of a nurse in the medical appointments resulted in a threefold risk to have no prenatal exclusive breastfeeding guidance whatsoever (OR 3.025;CI 95% 1.567 - 5.840;p = 0.001). The reported reasons for a premature weaning were difficulty latching-on, cracked nipples, poor milk that does not satiate the baby’s hunger, and production of little or no milk at all. The results provide information for the adoption of strategies during pregnancy and the postpartum period aimed to promote an exclusive breastfeeding, checking for the possible influence of the woman’s personal circumstances in her choosing exclusive breastfeeding, as well as the participation of the nurse in the mother’s decision.
文摘Introduction: To explore Portuguese pregnant women’ knowledge on breastfeeding and to correlate knowledge scores with the socio-demographic variables. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to assess 621 pregnant women’ knowledge on breastfeeding at three health centers in the North of Portugal. The face-to-face interviewing was used to collected data using a clinical instrument composed by 18 knowledge breastfeeding descriptors. The reliability of the instrument was very good (KR-20 = 0.88). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to examine pregnant women’ knowledge and the relation with socio-demographics variables. Results: Pregnant women were found to be more knowledgeable in benefits of breastfeeding. In 14 knowledge descriptors more than 60% of pregnant women revealed lack of knowledge. The most usual lack of knowledge concerned how to increase lactation and how to deal with breastfeeding complications. The pregnant women more knowledgeable were the oldest, with higher education, and with previous experience on breastfeeding. Discussion: Pregnant women revealed a significant lack of knowledge to support basic breastfeeding decisions. The focus of care should emphasize on the younger, the first-time mothers and less well-educated women as particular vulnerable and poorer prepared groups concerning breastfeeding knowledge.
文摘Mammary abscess,also termed acute mastitis,is an acute suppurative disease characterized by breast lumps,redness,swelling,heat,and pain. It is commonly seen in primiparous lactating women 3-4 weeks after parturition. It is believed that the occurrence of acute mastitis is closely associated with stress,a surplus of nutrients during pregnancy,overreliance on breast pumps and lack of breastfeeding experience. In recent years,traditional Chinese medicine( TCM)has been extensively applied in the treatment of acute mastitis because of its low cost and high safety,and has been considered to be the first-choice treatment of acute mastitis in China. Therefore,this article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and health guidance of acute mastitis in order to further develop the advantages of TCM,improve its efficacy and standardized its nursing behavior.