Digital Motherhood in the Postpartum Period: A Descriptive Study.

IF 1.8 4区 医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Maternal and Child Health Journal Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-29 DOI:10.1007/s10995-025-04058-x
İlgün Özen Çınar, Edanur Özkaya Bozkurt
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Abstract

Background: During the first 6 weeks after birth, women often encounter problems and seek answers to their questions. This period is also crucial in terms of technology use.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the digital motherhood approach to self-care and infant care in the 6-week postpartum period, and its association with different variables.

Methods: This descriptive study recruited 278 women in the postpartum period. Data were collected from the Digital Motherhood Survey. Descriptive statistics and chi-squared analysis were performed.

Results: The mean age of the women was 28.9 ± 5.14 years; 50.4% had a high school education or less, and 49.6% had a university education or higher. The types of digital media consulted included institutional sites, blogs, and commercial sites. The three topics most frequently researched by women in the postpartum period using digital media were breastfeeding, infant nutrition, and general infant care. The top three reasons given by participants for preferring digital media were faster access to information, access to information from their own setting, and benefiting from the experiences of others. The following factors were significantly associated with digital media being a participant's first-choice information source: the woman and her partner having a university education or above, having a male infant, having received information about infant care, and having a postpartum hospital stay duration of 0-2 days.

Conclusion: This study defined postpartum digital motherhood. The preference of women for digital media is influenced by their educational status and that of their partners, the sex of the infant, their prior knowledge of infant care, and the early discharge of their infants after birth. Healthcare professionals, especially nurses, must be aware of the digital media used by postpartum women to supervise them and provide guidance.

产后数字母亲:一项描述性研究。
背景:在出生后的前6周,女性经常遇到问题并寻求问题的答案。这一时期在技术使用方面也是至关重要的。目的:本研究的目的是探讨数字母亲在产后6周的自我护理和婴儿护理方式,及其与不同变量的关联。方法:本描述性研究招募278名产后妇女。数据收集自数字母亲调查。进行描述性统计和卡方分析。结果:患者平均年龄28.9±5.14岁;50.4%的人高中及以下学历,49.6%的人大学及以上学历。所咨询的数字媒体类型包括机构网站、博客和商业网站。产后妇女使用数字媒体最常研究的三个主题是母乳喂养、婴儿营养和一般婴儿护理。参与者给出的最喜欢数字媒体的三个原因是更快地获取信息,从自己的环境中获取信息,以及从他人的经验中受益。以下因素与作为参与者首选信息来源的数字媒体显著相关:女性及其伴侣受过大学或以上教育,有一个男婴,接受过婴儿护理方面的信息,产后住院时间为0-2天。结论:本研究定义了产后数字母亲。女性对数字媒体的偏好受到以下因素的影响:她们及其伴侣的教育状况、婴儿的性别、她们先前对婴儿护理的了解以及她们的婴儿出生后是否提前出院。医疗保健专业人员,特别是护士,必须了解产后妇女使用的数字媒体来监督和提供指导。
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Maternal and Child Health Journal
Maternal and Child Health Journal PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
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3.20
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4.30%
发文量
271
期刊介绍: Maternal and Child Health Journal is the first exclusive forum to advance the scientific and professional knowledge base of the maternal and child health (MCH) field. This bimonthly provides peer-reviewed papers addressing the following areas of MCH practice, policy, and research: MCH epidemiology, demography, and health status assessment Innovative MCH service initiatives Implementation of MCH programs MCH policy analysis and advocacy MCH professional development. Exploring the full spectrum of the MCH field, Maternal and Child Health Journal is an important tool for practitioners as well as academics in public health, obstetrics, gynecology, prenatal medicine, pediatrics, and neonatology. Sponsors include the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH), and CityMatCH.
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