Comfort with Motherhood in Late Pregnancy Facilitates Maternal Role Attainment in Early Postpartum
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- Nakamura Yasuka
- Women’s Health Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Takeishi Yoko
- Tohoku University Hospital
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- Ito Naoko
- Tohoku University Hospital
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- Ito Mizuki
- Sendai Red Cross Hospital
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- Atogami Fumi
- Women’s Health Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Yoshizawa Toyoko
- Women’s Health Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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Description
Quality of life, comfort, and wellbeing during pregnancy are essential for every country in the world. Pregnancy is considered a preparation period for becoming a mother. Maternal role development, including confidence and satisfaction as a mother, is important in the transition to motherhood. Negative psychosocial affect, such as increased anxiety and distress, during pregnancy adversely influences the childbirth experience and childcare, which contributes to postpartum depression. However, the impact of positive feelings on the maternal role development remains unclear. Therefore, the study purpose was to clarify the relationship between comfort in late pregnancy and maternal role attainment and childcare during early postpartum. We designed a descriptive, longitudinal, correlational study by using the Prenatal Comfort Scale, the Postpartum Maternal Role Confidence Scale, and the Postpartum Maternal Satisfaction Scale. Among 339 participants who had received care at a university hospital located in Sendai city in Japan, 215 subjects completed the longitudinal study by answering a questionnaire for the respective Scale late in their pregnancy or during early postpartum. The subjects consisted of 114 primipara (32.0 ± 5.4 years) and 101 multipara (33.4 ± 4.9 years). In primipara, comfort with motherhood was significantly correlated with maternal confidence regarding knowledge and childcare skills and maternal satisfaction. In multipara, comfort in late pregnancy was related to maternal confidence and satisfaction. Positive affect was related to maternal confidence and maternal satisfaction in early postpartum. Therefore, a prenatal nursing intervention helps women become more comfortable with impending motherhood, thereby promoting maternal role attainment after delivery.
Journal
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- The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
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The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine 235 (1), 53-59, 2015
Tohoku University Medical Press
