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Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran
BACKGROUND: The transition to motherhood is associated with stress because of extensive and rapid changes to which women need to be able to adjust. To help women adjust to postpartum changes, their needs during this period must be identified. Therefore, the present qualitative study explored the nee...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35148718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04459-8 |
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author | Asadi, Mahboobeh Noroozi, Mahnaz Alavi, Mousa |
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description | BACKGROUND: The transition to motherhood is associated with stress because of extensive and rapid changes to which women need to be able to adjust. To help women adjust to postpartum changes, their needs during this period must be identified. Therefore, the present qualitative study explored the needs of women for adjusting to postpartum changes. METHODS: In this study, 29 participants were selected through purposive sampling with maximum variation in Isfahan, Iran. Data was collected through in-depth individual interviews, daily notes, and field notes, and analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Data analysis led to the emergence of 5 main categories: “the need to receive social support,” “the need to receive a sense of worth from the husband,” “the need to compensate and improve the situation,” “the need to create socio-cultural changes,” and “the need for training.” CONCLUSIONS: According to the results of the study, in order to adjust to the changes in the postpartum period, and in addition to their efforts to compensate and improve the situation, women need to be supported by their husbands, family members and acquaintances, healthcare team, and society in various dimensions. Moreover, they should receive the information they need to turn the challenges of this period into an opportunity for growth. |
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spelling | pubmed-88328312022-02-15 Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran Asadi, Mahboobeh Noroozi, Mahnaz Alavi, Mousa BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research BACKGROUND: The transition to motherhood is associated with stress because of extensive and rapid changes to which women need to be able to adjust. To help women adjust to postpartum changes, their needs during this period must be identified. Therefore, the present qualitative study explored the needs of women for adjusting to postpartum changes. METHODS: In this study, 29 participants were selected through purposive sampling with maximum variation in Isfahan, Iran. Data was collected through in-depth individual interviews, daily notes, and field notes, and analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Data analysis led to the emergence of 5 main categories: “the need to receive social support,” “the need to receive a sense of worth from the husband,” “the need to compensate and improve the situation,” “the need to create socio-cultural changes,” and “the need for training.” CONCLUSIONS: According to the results of the study, in order to adjust to the changes in the postpartum period, and in addition to their efforts to compensate and improve the situation, women need to be supported by their husbands, family members and acquaintances, healthcare team, and society in various dimensions. Moreover, they should receive the information they need to turn the challenges of this period into an opportunity for growth. BioMed Central 2022-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8832831/ /pubmed/35148718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04459-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Asadi, Mahboobeh Noroozi, Mahnaz Alavi, Mousa Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran |
title | Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran |
title_full | Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran |
title_fullStr | Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran |
title_short | Identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in Iran |
title_sort | identifying women’s needs to adjust to postpartum changes: a qualitative study in iran |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35148718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04459-8 |
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