Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang

Postpartum care in the period after childbirth is very crucial not solely for survival but for the future of mothers and newborn babies. In Malaysia, there are several traditional postpartum care practices normally practiced by mothers and different states adopted different ways to perform those pra...

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Main Authors:	Salehudin, Saezah, Abdul Ghani, Radiah, A Rahman, Nor Azlina
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/41717/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41717/1/cf_1.pdf

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spelling	iium-417172018-05-21T06:25:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41717/ Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang Salehudin, Saezah Abdul Ghani, Radiah A Rahman, Nor Azlina RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Postpartum care in the period after childbirth is very crucial not solely for survival but for the future of mothers and newborn babies. In Malaysia, there are several traditional postpartum care practices normally practiced by mothers and different states adopted different ways to perform those practices. However, the knowledge and benefits of those practices were still ill-defined. This study aims to identify knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang. Moreover, this study aims to determine the association of socio-demographic data with confinement period, postpartum dietary practice and postpartum physical practice. The most significant factor that influences knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan also was determined. This is a cross-sectional study and 100 respondents were selected by using purposive sampling. The questionnaire forms were distributed among eligible respondents in Kuantan area which was at Tasik Bandar and through online survey. The questionnaire was divided into three categories which were personal details, practice of postpartum care and knowledge of postpartum care. The association of socio-demographic data with confinement period, postpartum dietary practice and postpartum physical practice were evaluated by using Chi-square test. There was no significant association of socio-demographic data which were age, level of education, occupation and number of children with confinement period (p>0.05). For postpartum dietary practice, there were only association between age and encourage more water intake (p=0.047, p<0.05) and also between number of children and prohibit greasy food (p=0.032, p<0.05). Apart from that, for association between socio-demographic data and postpartum physical practice, there was only association between age and body scrub (p=0.046, p<0.05). The most significant factor that influenced postpartum care practice was family tradition (83%). The major factor that contributed to knowledge of postpartum care was also family tradition (97 %). In conclusion, knowledge of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan was good and the practice was prevalent among them. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41717/1/cf_1.pdf Salehudin, Saezah and Abdul Ghani, Radiah and A Rahman, Nor Azlina (2015) Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang. In: International Conference on Biomedical & Health Sciences Research (ICBHSR 2015), 25-27 Jan. 2015, The Everly Hotel, Putrajaya. (Unpublished)
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description	Postpartum care in the period after childbirth is very crucial not solely for survival but for the future of mothers and newborn babies. In Malaysia, there are several traditional postpartum care practices normally practiced by mothers and different states adopted different ways to perform those practices. However, the knowledge and benefits of those practices were still ill-defined. This study aims to identify knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang. Moreover, this study aims to determine the association of socio-demographic data with confinement period, postpartum dietary practice and postpartum physical practice. The most significant factor that influences knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan also was determined. This is a cross-sectional study and 100 respondents were selected by using purposive sampling. The questionnaire forms were distributed among eligible respondents in Kuantan area which was at Tasik Bandar and through online survey. The questionnaire was divided into three categories which were personal details, practice of postpartum care and knowledge of postpartum care. The association of socio-demographic data with confinement period, postpartum dietary practice and postpartum physical practice were evaluated by using Chi-square test. There was no significant association of socio-demographic data which were age, level of education, occupation and number of children with confinement period (p>0.05). For postpartum dietary practice, there were only association between age and encourage more water intake (p=0.047, p<0.05) and also between number of children and prohibit greasy food (p=0.032, p<0.05). Apart from that, for association between socio-demographic data and postpartum physical practice, there was only association between age and body scrub (p=0.046, p<0.05). The most significant factor that influenced postpartum care practice was family tradition (83%). The major factor that contributed to knowledge of postpartum care was also family tradition (97 %). In conclusion, knowledge of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan was good and the practice was prevalent among them.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Salehudin, Saezah Abdul Ghani, Radiah A Rahman, Nor Azlina
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title	Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang
title_short	Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full	Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang
title_fullStr	Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang
title_sort	knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in kuantan, pahang
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/41717/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41717/1/cf_1.pdf
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Knowledge and practice of postpartum care among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang

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