A study comparing wound care techniques following Caesarean section

Abstract: Caesarean section is defined as the birth of the fetus through an incision in theabdominal wall and uterine wall. The knowledge mother after giving birth with sectioncaesarean regarding nursing determine the ability of the mother to take care of herselfindependently so that the mother is able to monitor change that occur in her after giving abirth. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between the knowledgeof wound care postoperative caesarean section with the level of ndependance of patients in theobstetric and gynecology inpatient installation room at Bhayangkara Hospital, Manado.Research design of this research uses a type of descriptive research with a cross sectionalapproach. The number of samples were 32 people with purposive sampling technique. Thedata was collected using questionnaire and the analysis of the data using Fishers Exactstatistical test. The results showed that the knowledge of wound care in postoperativecaesarean section mothers was good (81,2%), most of them had independent levels ofindependence (65,6%) and were less independent (34,4%) and where p = 0,011 < 0,05.Conclusion there is a significant relationship between knowledge of wound care postoperativesection caesarean with the level of independence of patients at the nursing room of theBhayangkara Hospital, Manado.Keywords: Wound Care, Caesarean Section, Level of IndependenceAbstrak: Sectio caesarea didefinisikan sebagai lahirnya janin melalui insisi didindingabdomen dan dinding uterus. Pengetahuan ibu setelah melahirkan dengan sectio caesareamengenai perawatan dapat menentukan kemampuan ibu dalam merawat diri secara mandirisehngga ibu mampu memantau perubahan yang terjadi pada dirinya setelah melahirkan.Tujuan penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan perawatanluka pasca bedah sectio caesarea dengan tingkat kemandirian pasien di ruang Instalasi RawatInap Kebidanan dan Kandungan RS Bhayangkara Manado. Desain Penelitian jenis penelitianini menggunakan jenis penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Jumlah sampel32 orang dengan menggunakan teknik sampel purposive sampling. Alat pengumpulan datasberupa kuesioner. Analisa data menggunakan uji statistik Fishers Excat. Hasil Penelitiandidapatkan bahwa pengetahuan perawatan luka pada ibu pasca bedah sectio caesarea baik(81,2%), sebgaian besar memiliki tingkat kemandirian mandiri (65,6%) dan kurang mandiri(34,4%) dan dimana p = 0,011 < 0,05. Kesimpulan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antarapengetahuan perawatan luka pasca bedah sectio caesarea dengan tingkat kemandirian pasiendi ruang instalasi rawat RS Bhayangkara Manado.Kata Kunci: Perawatan Luka, Sectio Caesarea, Tingkat Kemandirian

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Do midwives see caesarean section wound care education as a need?

British Journal of Midwifery ◽

10.12968/bjom.2015.23.6.424 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 424-428 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elaine Baxter ◽

Joanne Lymn

Keyword(s):

Caesarean Section ◽

Wound Care ◽

Care Education

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EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON KNOWLEDGE OF POST OPERATIVE SELF CARE FOR MOTHERS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE CAESAREAN SECTION IN SELECTED HOSPITALS, MANGALORE

Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1703829 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 04 (04) ◽

pp. 039-041

Author(s):

Elizabeth Rajan ◽

Sabitha Nayak

Keyword(s):

Caesarean Section ◽

Research Design ◽

Wound Care ◽

Elective Caesarean Section ◽

Self Care ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Instructional Module ◽

Post Test ◽

History Of ◽

The Mean

AbstractThe study was conducted on Effectiveness of self instructional module on knowledge of post operative self care for mothers undergoing elective caesarean section in selected hospitals, Mangalore. The research design was a one group pre test post test design which was a pre experimental research design. 40 mothers undergoing elective caesarean section by purposive sampling.The pretest knowledge questionnaire was administered to the mothers two days prior to caesarean section, followed by a self instructional module on post operative self care. Post test was conducted after 5 days using the same tool. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean knowledge score was 14.98 whereas maximum possible score was 30. Among the 11 areas, the mean percentage knowledge score in the area of caesarean section and self care was 77.50% bladder and bowel care was 60% breast feeding was 58.40% diet was 52.50% pain management was 47.50% post operative complications and home care was 46% baby care was 44.33% early ambulation and exercise was 44% perineal hygiene was 41% wound care was 40.67% and deep breathing and coughing was 40.67%.The 't' value showed significant in the post test ('t' calculated value of pretest and post test knowledge scores = 18.000, p<0.001) which showed that self-instructional module was effective in improving the knowledge of mothers on post operative self care after caesarian section.There was significant association between the level of knowledge and demographic variables namely age parity, education, occupation, monthly income, exposure to health awareness and history of caesarean section.

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