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- Title
Traditional Practices of Turkish Mothers at Breast Engorgment during Postpartum Period.
- Authors
Karatay, Gulnaz; Baş, Nazan Gurarslan; Ergin, Ilksen Orhan
- Abstract
Purpose: The study aims to assess the traditional practices resorted by mothers to treat breast engorgement. Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 150 mothers who live in the east of Turkey and have 0-6 month old baby. Mothers were selected with the purposive sampling method. Questionnaire developed by researchers was used for data collection. Data obtained using face-to-face interview technique were analyzed in SPSS software using numbers and percentages. Results: Of the mothers, 83.6% stated that they did not receive a breast care counselling before the birth, 69.4% had c-section delivery, 60.0% had breast problems in the postpartum period, and the majority had applied traditional methods to cope with these problems. Among these methods, lansolin pomade was the most frequently used method (24.8%), followed by the excess milk removal by pump or manually (21.9%), applying her own milk on nipples (12.4%), olive oil application (11.4%), warm water application (9.5%), and almond/walnut oil application (5.7%). Discussion: The majority of the mothers has had breast engorgement problems during the postpartum period, and the majority has applied traditional practices to treat these problems.
- Subjects
TURKEY; THERAPEUTIC use of olive oil; LANOLIN; LACTATION disorders; BREAST care; BREASTFEEDING; BREAST pumps; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MOTHERS; PRENATAL care; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRADITIONAL medicine; JUDGMENT sampling; ATTITUDES of mothers; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PREVENTION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 3, p1954
- ISSN
1791-5201
- Publication type
Article