Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Postpartum care is highly important to prevent maternal and infant morbidity. In Malaysia, there are several traditional postpartum care practices by mothers. Different states adopted different ways to perform those practices. In spite of long and established practices in Malaysia, its effect and sa...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Ghani, Radiah, Salehudin, Saezah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	EDP Sciences 2018
Subjects:	RG551 Pregnancy
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spelling	iium-626242018-06-29T03:27:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/ Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia Abdul Ghani, Radiah Salehudin, Saezah RG551 Pregnancy Postpartum care is highly important to prevent maternal and infant morbidity. In Malaysia, there are several traditional postpartum care practices by mothers. Different states adopted different ways to perform those practices. In spite of long and established practices in Malaysia, its effect and safety profile is not well understood. This study aims to gain an understanding of the traditional practices that Malay women follow in relation to postpartum care and the rationales underpinning such practices. A cross sectional study (n=100) was conducted using self-administered questionnaire consists of demographic information, practice of postpartum care and knowledge of postpartum care. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package Social Software (2.0). The findings shown that, there was no significant association of socio-demographic data 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). 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 and its knowledge was family tradition with 83% and 97%, respectively. Traditional postpartum care practice is still significant and dominant among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang. This information is important for health care professional to educate women and provide strategies to help them to integrate their beliefs and the practices recommended in contemporary health care practice. EDP Sciences 2018-02-23 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/8/62624%20Traditional%20Belief%20and%20Practice%20on%20Postpartum.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/7/62624-Traditional%20Belief%20and%20Practice%20on%20Postpartum%20Recovery%20SCOPUS.pdf Abdul Ghani, Radiah and Salehudin, Saezah (2018) Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. In: Malaysia Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET 2017), 6-7 December 2017, Penang, Malaysia,. https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2018/09/matecconf_mucet2018_05067.pdf 10.1051/matecconf/201815005067
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description	Postpartum care is highly important to prevent maternal and infant morbidity. In Malaysia, there are several traditional postpartum care practices by mothers. Different states adopted different ways to perform those practices. In spite of long and established practices in Malaysia, its effect and safety profile is not well understood. This study aims to gain an understanding of the traditional practices that Malay women follow in relation to postpartum care and the rationales underpinning such practices. A cross sectional study (n=100) was conducted using self-administered questionnaire consists of demographic information, practice of postpartum care and knowledge of postpartum care. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package Social Software (2.0). The findings shown that, there was no significant association of socio-demographic data 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). 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 and its knowledge was family tradition with 83% and 97%, respectively. Traditional postpartum care practice is still significant and dominant among mothers in Kuantan, Pahang. This information is important for health care professional to educate women and provide strategies to help them to integrate their beliefs and the practices recommended in contemporary health care practice.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Ghani, Radiah Salehudin, Saezah
author_facet	Abdul Ghani, Radiah Salehudin, Saezah
author_sort	Abdul Ghani, Radiah
title	Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in east coast of peninsular malaysia
publisher	EDP Sciences
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/8/62624%20Traditional%20Belief%20and%20Practice%20on%20Postpartum.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/62624/7/62624-Traditional%20Belief%20and%20Practice%20on%20Postpartum%20Recovery%20SCOPUS.pdf
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Traditional belief and practice on postpartum recovery among mothers in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

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