COMPARISON OF CHILD-REARING PROBLEMS AND NECESSARY COMMUNITY WELFARE AND HEALTH SERVICES BETWEEN MOTHERS WITH TWINS OR TRIPLETS OF MOTHERS WITH SINGLETON CHILDREN

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  • 多胎児をもつ母親のニーズに関する調査研究　単胎児の母親との比較分析
  • タタイジ オ モツ ハハオヤ ノ ニーズ ニ カンスル チョウサ ケンキュウ タンタイジ ノ ハハオヤ ト ノ ヒカク ブンセキ

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Purpose The purpose of this survey was to study child-rearing problems and necessary community welfare and health services in the families with twins or triplets as compared with families with singleton children.<br/>Methods The subjects were 205 mothers of twins or triplets aged less than 6 and 911 mothers of similarly aged singleton children.<br/>Results 1. Concerning maternal feeling when informed of a pregnancy, a significant difference was observed between the mothers with twins or triplets and the mothers with singleton children: 1.3% of the mothers with singleton children were not delighted when informed of a pregnancy, while the rate for mothers with twins or triplets was 12.4%. Mothers of twins or triplets showed significantly greater anxiety when informed of a pregnancy, and also after delivery, greater anxiety for child-rearing.<br/> 2. Mothers of twins or triplets were more likely to feel they could not get information regarding pregnancy and child-rearing.<br/> 3. There were higher rates of child-rearing problems with regard to economic burden, attending a hospital when a child become ill, shortage of hands for medical examinations or preventive injections, going out with children, shortage of cooperators for child-rearing, lack of time and difficulty for feeding methods for twins or triplets.<br/> 4. Community welfare and health services that mothers of twins or triplets wished for were an allowance for child-rearing in 77.0% of cases, helper or baby-sitter for medical examinations or preventive injections in 59.8%, and meeting for mothers of multiple children in 52.0%.<br/>Conclusion This study indicated a tendency for mothers of twins or triplets to show greater anxiety during pregnancy, greater anxiety for child-rearing after delivery, and harder to get information regarding pregnancy and child-rearing as compared with those having singleton children. Mothers of twins or triplets had more child-rearing problems with regard to shortage of cooperators, economic burden and feeding methods for plural infants.

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