Application of Comprehensive Nursing Intervention to Improve Social Support Level on Breastfeeding Women in China

Dai Hong-Xia ()
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Dai Hong-Xia: School of Health Science, Macao Polytechnic Institute

No 2603432, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the effects of application of ?comprehensive nursing intervention? on social support in Chinese breastfeeding women. Methods: The study was a prospective clinical experimental research. 313 postnatal women were recruited from 3 hospitals in Guangzhou by using cluster sampling method. The control group received general care with verbal education about breastfeeding without handbook, standard breastfeeding instruction and telephone follow-up. The treatment group received ?comprehensive nursing intervention?, which composed of a practical handbook on breastfeeding, instruction of breastfeeding skills through face-to-face and one-on-one methods at bed-side within 24 hours postpartum. The participants accepted twice telephone follow-ups related to breastfeeding at 5 and 11 weeks postpartum. They completed 3 questionnaires on infant feeding and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) in the hospital, at 6 weeks and 3 months postpartum.. The T test, X2 test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to evaluate the effects of intervention by using SPSS 17.0 software.Results: At 3 days, 6 weeks and 3 months postpartum, the exclusive breastfeeding rates of the treatment group (31.5%, 52.7%, 59.4%) were higher than the control group respectively (20.9%, 29.7%, 29.1%), p values were 0.006, 0.034,

Keywords: Exclusive Breastfeeding; Nursing Intervention; Social Support; Chinese; Postpartum Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2015-07
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 17th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Jul 2015, pages 171-171

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