Assessment of postnatal sense of security of primipara mothers and associated factors in Turkey

Abstract

Sense of safety is defined as one of the basic needs for primipara mothers in the postpartum period. Descriptive and correlational design was conducted to determine sense of postpartum safety in primipara mothers and relevant factors. This study comprised 260 primipara mothers. We found the total Sense of Postpartum Safety Mnitoring Scale (SPSMS) score to be 50.80±8.44. We determined that there was a statistically significant difference between primipara mothers ducational level, employment, partner’s age, partner’s educational level, mother’s intention of pregnancy, routine pregnancy control, hospitalization during pregnancy, family support during pregnancy, mode of delivery, postpartum partner and family support, diet and the mean SPSMS score (p<0.05). We found that sociodemographic, obstetrical, infant-related, and postpartum characteristics affect sense of postpartum safety in primipara mothers. We can recommend that relevant factors affecting sense of postpartum safety be identified in the early period and that healthcare professionals develop sense of safety.