Nursing discharge teaching of hospitalized postpartum women in China: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background: Postpartum women encounter a diverse array of physiological challenges following childbirth, and they may also contend with issues such as a lack of self-care knowledge childcare knowledge, and childcare experience. This study aimed to explore the quality of discharge teaching for hospitalized postpartum women. Methods: A total of 292 parturients who gave birth in a tertiary hospital were selected using the convenience sampling method and surveyed using a general data questionnaire and discharge teaching quality scale. Results: The total score for the quality of discharge teaching was 111.95 ​± ​28.64. In bivariate analysis, significant differences were identified between postpartum women with differences in postpartum complications, ambulation time, wound pain, infant health status, and infant feeding methods (p ​< ​0.05). Wound pain and infant feeding methods were significant factors in a multiple linear regression model (p ​< ​0.05). Conclusions: Nursing staff should focus on psychological nursing care and give more personalized teaching to postpartum women with severe wound pain and who bottle feed their newborns.

Keywords

• Postpartum women
• Quality of discharge teaching
• Nursing care