THE EFFECTS OF SELECTED FACTORS ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS

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ศิริภรณ์ เหมะธุลิน
ดร.จรัสศรี ธีระกุลชัย
ดร.ศรีสมร ภูมนสกุล

Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive research was to determine the level of quality of life and predictors of quality of life among postpartum mothers. The purposive sample consisted of 110 six-week postpartum mothers who had postpartum check-up at Ramathibodi Hospital from March to July, 2015. The samples were selected purposely with the following criteria:  1) having no chronic diseases and complications during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum 2) giving a term infant with no congenital deformation and no postpartum complications 3) to be able to read, write and speak Thai. The instruments used in this study were the Demographic data form, The General Sleep Disturbance Scale, The State Trait Anxiety Inventory Form X-I, The Maternal Role Attainment Scale Form B, The Postpartum Support Questionnaire and The WHOQOL-BREF-THAI. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis.


          The findings revealed that 54.5 % of the postpartum mothers had high level of quality of life and 45.5 % had moderate level of quality of life. In addition, social support, anxiety and maternal role performance were found to be the predictors which could significantly explain 72.8 % of the variance of quality of life among postpartum mothers (p < .05).


          The findings suggested that for nursing practice, nurses should encourage postpartum mothers’ husbands to support their wives to relief their anxiety and support them to do maternal role properly.

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เหมะธุลิน ศ., ธีระกุลชัย ด., & ภูมนสกุล ด. (2018). THE EFFECTS OF SELECTED FACTORS ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS. Vajira Nursing Journal, 18(1), 37–50. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/vnj/article/view/139773
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