. Masoumeh Kordi; . Maryam Fasanghari; . Negar Asgharipour; . Habibollah Esmaily
Volume 7, Issue 4 , July and August 2017, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The maternal role is one of the most basic and important roles played bywomen during their lifetime. The process of the maternal role starts during pregnancy andto continue ...
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INTRODUCTION: The maternal role is one of the most basic and important roles played bywomen during their lifetime. The process of the maternal role starts during pregnancy andto continue and develop after postpartum with the growth of suckling. However, unplannedpregnancy may jeopardize achieving the maternal role and reduce maternal role satisfaction.Therefore, the researcher conducted the present study to determine the impact of maternalrole training program on attainment of role and role satisfaction in nulliparous women withunplanned pregnancy.METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH: In this clinical trial, the researcher divided 67 nulliparouswomen with unplanned pregnancies into two groups at random by drawing lots. For theintervention group, in addition to the usual pregnancy care, the researcher conducted 3 grouptraining sessions at weeks 34, 35, and 36 of pregnancy and an individual training session in the1st day after delivery before release; then, during the next 4 weeks, the researcher made follow‑upphone calls each week. The control group received the usual pregnancy care. The researchtools included London questionnaire to measure unplanned pregnancy, Myself‑As‑MotherScale (SD‑Self), My‑Baby Scale (SD‑Baby), Perceived Competence Scale to measure maternalrole attainment, and Parenting Sense of Competence Scale to measure maternal role satisfaction.The researcher measured the maternal role attainment and maternal role satisfaction beforetraining and 4 weeks after delivery. The researcher analyzed the data using SPSS softwareversion 21 and statistical tests such as independent t‑test, Chi‑square, paired sample t‑test,Mann–Whitney, one‑way analysis of variance, and Wilcoxon. The amount of P was supposedto be <0.05.RESULTS: The mean age of research units was 24.10 ± 4.3. Twenty‑one persons (60%) in theintervention group and ten persons (31.3%) in the control group attained the maternal role (P = 0.019)and changes to achieve the maternal role in intervention group were significantly more than the controlgroup (P = 0.002). Changes in the mean scores of maternal role satisfaction in the intervention groupwere significantly more than the control group (P = 0.023).CONCLUSION: Maternal role training for nulliparous women with unplanned pregnancy duringpregnancy and postpartum period can help them in maternal role attainment and maternal rolesatisfaction.
