Intención de colecho en el puerperio según características sociodemográficas de las madres¿que podemos recomendar los profesionales de enfermería?
- Mª Teresa Roldán-Chicano 3
- Mª Mar García-López 3
- Mª Vicenta Blanco-Soto 3
- José Antonio Vera-Pérez 3
- Juana Mª García-Ros 1
- Raquel Cebrián-López 2
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Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca
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- 2 Serevicio Murciano de Salud
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Universidad de Murcia
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ISSN: 1132-1296
Year of publication: 2009
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
Pages: 8-12
Type: Article
More publications in: Index de enfermería: información bibliográfica, investigación y humanidades
Abstract
Justification: Bed sharing is widely practised within different cultural environments, however different researches show contradicting results on the benefits and risks of parent-infant bed sharing. Objective: To determine the prevalence of the intention of bed sharing practice among mothers admitted to the maternity ward (immediate and intermediate postpartum period), and to relate this prevalence to their sociodemographic characteristics. Design-Methodology: Cross-sectional prevalence study conducted with a sample of 384 mothers: Spaniards, Moroccans and Ecuadorians. Chi-square test was used to examine the association among categorical variables. The statistical package employed to conduct the analysis was the SPSS v.13. Results and conclusions: 12% of questionnaired mothers, either sporadically or permanently, intended to bed share. Immigrant mothers and those having more children were whom mostly referred their intention of practising bed sharing within the domestic ambit. Comparing the results found with other studies it was pointed out the fact that some mothers eventually practise bed sharing even though they did not intend to, and without having received any advice from health professionals to implement it under acceptable safety conditions