ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN CONCERNS REGARDING EARLY CARE AFTER FIRST LABOR

Objectives: The aim of this study was to Assess of women knowledge and concerns about the early care after labor.
Subject and Methods:. Study was carried out at post-natal department in 3 hospitals in Mansoura City. A cross sectional descriptive exploratory research design was utilized in this study. A simple random sample was used to select the required sample size, The study subjects consisted of 300 women in postpartum department during first 24 hours after labor interview schedule was designed and utilized to collect the necessary data.
Results:. The results of this study revealed that 77.7% of women had physical concern, psychological concern (69.7%), concerns related to infant care (97.3%), social concerns (55.0%), sexual concerns (18.0%) and concerns related to family planning (72.0%). Every postpartum period is a unique experience for a woman. A significant relation was found between the women concerns and related independent variables among the studied women.
 Conclusion: It can be concluded that The current study revealed that a sizable proportion of women had physical concern specifically nutrition, fatigue and perineal pain. The majority of women had also psychological concern about their future role of being a mother and they thought that husbands or family support was imperative during this period and the use of birth control methods was essential as early as they could. In addition, there was a significant relation between various types of concerns and related independent variables .
Recommendations:. the study recommended the development and dissemination of training courses and education programs for the decision makers, workers in health care settings and antenatal clinics to raise awareness of concerns of primipara women and how to address it.