| Relationship with Physical Suffering, Emotional State, and Nursing Needs of Pregnant Women in Preterm Labor |
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Jeong Im Go, Kyung Hee Kim, Soon Gyo Yeoum |
1Chung-Ang University, Korea.
2Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Korea. kyung@cau.ac.kr
3Department of Nursing, Seoil University, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
PURPOSE
This study was to identify the relationship between physical suffering, emotional state, and nursing needs of pregnant women in preterm labor and the difference depending on general characteristics. METHODS: The participants in this descriptive survey, selected by convenience sampling, were 126 pregnant women who were hospitalized after being diagnosed with preterm labor at 3 university hospitals. RESULTS: The level of personal hygiene was assessed in physical suffering, level of fear was assessed by the emotional state, and level of perterm labor was assessed by the nursing cares. In the analysis, physical suffering, emotional state, and nursing needs in the subjects all showed a significantly positive correlation. Differences in physical suffering, emotional state, and nursing needs depending on general characteristics were as follows: age, job, family type, economic condition, smoking, drinking admission days, previous delivery type, and artificial insemination. CONCLUSION: Based on the results of this study, the nurse should focus on the domain of personal hygiene, and teaching contents specific for abdominal breathing exercises for relieving the women's fear and anxiety should be added. |
| Key Words:
Obstetric labor premature; Suffering physical; Emotions; Nursing needs |
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