This study was a comparative study to trace the effects of the prenatal education before delivery on primiparas' self-confidence and satisfaction in maternal role performance. It used total of 91 objects of control group who visited OB & GY department...
This study was a comparative study to trace the effects of the prenatal education before delivery on primiparas' self-confidence and satisfaction in maternal role performance. It used total of 91 objects of control group who visited OB & GY department and Ped department within 3 or 4 weeks after normal delivery at two OB & GY hospitals which operate the education programs before delivery in M city from Aug. 1 to 30, 2001. They were divided by two groups, one was 44 women who had the education program and the other was 47 women who didn't.
The research used the tool of measuring self-confidence to cope with maternal tasks by Lederman et a1 (1981) and that of measuring satisfaction of maternity and child care.
The mean and standard deviation were obtained from the general characteristics of collected data with S.P.S.S, self-confidence and satisfaction according to general characteristics were analyzed by t-test and ANOVA, and hypothesis was verified by the analysis of t-test and the correlations between self-confidence and satisfaction in performing the objects' maternal role were analyzed with Pearson's Correlation.
The results of this study were as follows;
1. Hypotheses Verification
a. Hypothesis 3 : It was supported that 'the primipara who had the prenatal education before delivery would self-confidence in performing their maternal role after delivery than those who had not the education' (t=2.999, p=0.004).
b. Hypothesis 2 : It was supported that 'the primipara who had the prenatal education before delivery would have higher satisfaction in performing their maternal role after delivery than those who had not the education' (t=4.831, p=0.000).
2. There was a significant correlation between the primiparas' self-confidence and satisfaction in performing their maternal role. And the higher the self-confidence in performing their maternal role, the higher their satisfaction and vice versa (r=0.334, p=0.027).
3. There was a statistically significant difference between economic conditions (F=2.646, p=0.048) and satisfaction in marriage (F=4.831, p=0.016) on the self-confidence in performing their maternal role.
4. There was a significant difference only in the number of children (t=3.174, p=0.027) in satisfaction with performing their maternal role.