ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2014
Comparison of effects of home visits and routine postpartum care on the healthy behaviors of Iranian low-risk mothers.
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- Schedules for home visits in the early postpartum period.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Dyadic Care Interventions and Outcomes for Mothers and Their Infants: A Scoping Review.Pediatrics · 2025Article
- Postnatal quality of care measures for mothers and newborns at home: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Home-based neonatal care by Health Extension Worker in rural Sidama Zone southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2018Article
- Effect of Health Care as the "Home Visiting" on Postpartum Depression: A Controlled Clinical Trial.International journal of preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Postpartum home care and its effects on mothers' health: A clinical trial.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2017Article
- Conceptualising a model to guide nursing and midwifery in the community guided by an evidence review.BMC nursing · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostpartum care at home is a post delivery care method that can be provided by public health nurses, trained health workers, or midwifery nurses. A study conducted to compare effect of two midwife visits at home to usual postpartum care on the healthy behaviors of low-risk Iranian mothers.
methodsA randomized controlled trial conducted on 200 mothers at a reference center for screening for infant hypothyroidism in Tehran. Mothers were randomized to either home-based (n = 100) or routine-based postpartum care (n = 100). Each mother and her neonate received two cares. Home-based cares were provided by a midwife in the intervention group. Postpartum cares in the control group were provided by care providers of primary health care system. Healthy behavior was measured using a validated and reliable researcher made instrument. The data were analyzed using independent sample t-tests, paired t-test, and χ(2)-test.
resultsThe data showed that a significant number of subjects in the control group did not receive their postpartum care (P < 0.001). The mean score of maternal healthy behaviors in the intervention group increased from 120.5 (SE = 0.76) to 148.9 (SE = 1.02) (P < 0.001) and in the control group from 119.9 (SE = 1.06) to 140.9 (SE = 1.08) (P < 0.001). The mean score of maternal healthy behaviors in the intervention group had significant differences with that in the control group at the end of study (P < 0.001).
conclusionEarly postpartum care at home by trained midwives can be positively effective for improving maternal healthy behaviors in less developed countries.
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