The Prevention And Reduction Of Postpartum Complications: Orem's Model

NAZİK E., ERYILMAZ G.

NURSING SCIENCE QUARTERLY, vol.26, no.4, pp.360-364, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0894318413500402
  • Journal Name: NURSING SCIENCE QUARTERLY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.360-364
  • Keywords: nursing care, nursing diagnosis, Orem, postpartum complications, self-care model, SELF-CARE AGENCY, SLEEP CHARACTERISTICS, EXERCISE, FATIGUE, MOTHERS, WOMEN
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study was conducted using Orem's self-care model to investigate its impact on the reduction and prevention of women's postpartum complications. One group of 63 women was included in the study in which a pretest and posttest quasi-experimental method was used. For analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, dependent groups t test, and McNemar test were applied, 24 different nursing diagnoses were made. Self-care agency pretest mean score was 97.13 +/- 17.20, posttest mean score was 114.44 +/- 13.72, and the difference was statistically significant (p < .001). The study found that the care given to women in the postpartum period using Orem's self-care model prevented postpartum complications and increased the self-care agency of postpartum women.