Postnatal Mothers’ Satisfaction toward Postpartum Care Project using Thai Traditional Medicine of Ranod Hospital, Songkhla Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research aimed to 1) study personal information of postnatal mothers such as age, level of education, occupation, income, pregnancy order, antenatal care and breastfeeding, 2) evaluate satisfaction level of postnatal mothers who attended postpartum care project through the use of Thai traditional medicine, and 3) compare satisfaction level between first-child postnatal mothers and second-child postnatal mothers toward the postpartum care project. Twenty-six of postnatal mothers were enrolled in the postpartum care project at Ranod Hospital, Songkhla during June to July 2017. The data were collected by using questionnaires and the statistics used for analyzing data were percentage, means, standard deviation and paired t-test. The results revealed that most of the postnatal mothers aged between 21-25 years old (38.45%), completed junior high school (34.62%), were housewife (50.00%), earned enough income and saving (34.62%), experienced first-time pregnancy (61.54%), received antenatal care at the hospital (73.08%), and enabled breastfeeding (69.23%). The hospital provided four postpartum care services which were massage, herbal ball compression, hot salt pot compression and herbal steam. The participants had the highest satisfaction toward herbal ball compression (53.84%), followed by hot salt pot compression (42.30%). The results also indicated that the service significantly reduced mental stress in postnatal mothers (p<0.05) after they received postpartum care service.