Determination of parents’ sense of security after spontaneous vaginal delivery and cesarean section

Kadriye Tuzcu, Rukiye T. Delibalta

Abstract

This descriptive and cross-sectional study aimed to determine parents’ sense of security after spontaneous vaginal delivery and cesarean section. The study included 384 couples interviewed: 192 women who had spontaneous vaginal delivery and 192 women and their husbands who had cesarean sections. The study sample comprised a total of 768 individuals. Personal information forms and ‘Mothers’ Postnatal Sense of Security Scale and ‘Fathers’ Postnatal Sense of Security Scale were used for data collection. Number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient, and independent sample t-test were used for data analysis. In the study, it was determined that the mean scores of mothers who had spontaneous vaginal delivery and cesarean section on the postnatal security sense scale were 56.05±8.86 and 55.21±9.89, respectively. The mean scores of the fathers whose spouses had spontaneous vaginal delivery and cesarean section on the parents’ postnatal sense of security scale were 29.78±10.59 and 28.98±10.32, respectively. Postnatal sense of security scale scores were found to be no different between mothers and fathers who gave delivery in both types of delivery (p>0.05). Therefore, it is recommended that midwives/nurses take an active role in providing counseling and support services to enhance the sense of security of parents after childbirth.

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