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Revista Salud Uninorte
Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531
Abstract
MARTINEZ ROYERT, Judith and PEREIRA PENATE, Milena. Care practices performing postpartum women in the cities of Sincelejo, Corozal, Tolú, Sampués and San Onofre (Sucre, Colombia) 2014. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.1, pp.84-94. ISSN 0120-5552. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.32.1.8476.
Objective: To describe care practices engaged with themselves a group of new mothers in the cities of Sincelejo, Corozal, Tolu, Sampués and San Onofre (sucre, Colombia) during the months August, September and October 2014. Materials and methods: Quantitative, descriptive study convenience sampling. Inclusion criteria: Postpartum women over 15 days immediately after birth and postpartum women with vaginal delivery without complications. Instrument: semistructured questionnaire called "care practices engaged with themselves pregnant postpartum" 2004 version. Results: 86 % of postpartum women do not realize postpartum exercises ignorance of how to do it; on the other hand they have no power provided to nutritional requirements. 99 % they reported to be performing their daily hygiene neat and provide their babies bathroom. 87 % reported having sex with care during the postpartum stage, avoiding them and waiting a reasonable time after delivery to restart them. Among the most consumed drugs during pregnancy were vitamins (76.96 %), iron (61.78 %); calcium (56.54 %); analgesics (54.97 %). The use of health services in postpartum women interviewed regarding attendance of postpartum was represented by 85.86% of those attending the postpartum control. Conclusions: some popular beliefs as were length of bed rest, not be exposed to drafts, avoid sex during the diet were found; care practices that perform postpartum with themselves are surrounded by a cultural knowledge. This research will serve as a reference along with other research to test the empirical knowledge by the puerperal in their care practices.
Keywords : care exercises; postpartum women; nursing.
