The effect of a hospital initiated postpartum support group on the self-esteem of primary cesarean delivered mothers: and their perceptions of their birth experiences

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Title The effect of a hospital initiated postpartum support group on the self-esteem of primary cesarean delivered mothers: and their perceptions of their birth experiences
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Buell, Teresa Peters
Date 1983-06
Description Twenty-seven women who delivered by primary cesarean at LDS Hospital were studied to determine whether a hospital initiated postpartum support group made perceptions of birth and self-esteem more positive. Twelve women comprised the experimental group and attended a support group meeting lasting one hour on their third or fourth postpartum day. All the subjects completed two questionnaires the evening before their discharge. The support group did not significantly affect the cesarean delivered mothers' perceptions of their births or their self-esteem. However, mothers that attended the support group meeting did have a more positive perception of their sense of control during labor and delivery. Also, the support group seemed to make their perceptions of labor more positive. There is a need for further study of factors that may enhance the cesarean birth experience for families.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Complications; Nursing
Subject MESH Cesarean Section; Questionnaires
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "The effect of a hospital initiated postpartum support group on the self-esteem of primary cesarean delivered mothers: and their perceptions of their birth experiences." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "The effect of a hospital initiated postpartum support group on the self-esteem of primary cesarean delivered mothers: and their perceptions of their birth experiences." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RG 41.5 1983 B83.
Rights Management © Teresa Peters Buell
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q4xv6
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