Factors Related to Fatigue Among Fathers in Postnatal Period
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Fatigue, Fathers in Postnatal PeriodAbstract
Fatigue is the perception and feeling which can be found among fathers in the postnatal period. It affects fathers physically and mentally. The purpose of this descriptive correlational research was to explore the relationship between the perception of infant’s communicated behavior, social support and fatigue among fathers in postnatal period. The subjects were selected following inclusion criteria and consisted of 85 fathers in postnatal period, who brought their newborn in the 1 – 2 weeks postnatal period for health screening services at the outpatient department at Chiang Mai Health Promotion Center region 1 from February to April 2017. The research tools were The Modified Fatigue Symptoms checklist (The MFSC) by Pugh, Milligan, Parks, Lenz, & Kitzmen (1999), Thai version by Theerakulchai (2004); The Perception of Infant’s Communicated Behavior, developed by Nuttaya Onpiw and Nantaporn Sansiriphun. The Father Social Support Questionnaire, developed by Supakorn Chaina and Nantaporn Sansiriphun (Chaina, Sansiriphun, & Kantaruksa, 2015). Descriptive statistics and Spearman rank correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data.
Results of the study revealed that most of the fathers (96.47%) had low fatigue. Their mean score of fatigue was 41.65 (S.D. = 8.38). Perception of infant’s communicated behavior had negative correlation with fatigue among fathers in postnatal period (r = -.426, p < .01). Social support had a negative correlation with fatigue among fathers in the postnatal period (r = -.403, p < .01).
The findings from this study can be used as baseline data for planning nursing practices to manage fatigue among fathers in postnatal period.
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