The Influencing Factors on Postpartum Fatigue in Parturient Women.
- Author:
Ju Eun SONG
1
;
Soon Bok CHANG
;
Youn Jung SON
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fatigue;
Stress;
Postpartum period
- MeSH:
Ambulatory Care Facilities;
Fatigue*;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant Care;
Nursing;
Parturition;
Postpartum Period*;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2007;19(4):670-681
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the influencing factors on postpartum fatigue in the parturient women. METHODS: The data were collected from July to September, 2006 using self-report questionnaires. The sample was 143 healthy parturient women who visited the outpatient clinic at 2 hospitals for a routine follow up after childbirth. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 12.0 Win program. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the postpartum fatigue by age, religion, sleep hour, and complaint of perceived health problem. The postpartum fatigue were significantly correlated with infant care stress(p<0.001), sleep satisfaction(p<0.001), and feeding difficulty(p=0.016). The multiple regression analysis showed that the postpartum fatigue were significantly predicted by the infant care stress, sleep satisfaction and complaint of perceived health problem. These variables explained 31.8% of the variance of postpartum fatigue. The infant care stress was the main predictor of postpartum fatigue. CONCLUSIONS: It could be concluded that the nursing intervention for reducing the infant care stress should be developed to manage the postpartum fatigue for parturient women. Prospective studies are needed to be conducted to verify the causal relationship between infant care stress and postpartum fatigue.
