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Feelings of older Japanese primiparous couples and satisfaction of older primiparous wives with their husbands' support during pregnancy: Focus on the perceptions of pregnant couples.

ABSTRACT: Aim:This study was to explore the feelings of older primiparous wives and husbands and satisfaction of older primiparous wives with their husbands' support during pregnancy. Design:This study is a qualitative research design based on the characteristics of clarifying the recognition of older primiparous couples. Methods:Participants were eight older Japanese primiparous couples. Older primiparous couple's feeling and support by husband during pregnancy were elected using semi-structured interviews. The analysis was used by content analysis method. Results:Two categories of the couples' feeling during pregnancy included "Mental stress and physical burden associated with older age" and "Richness and strong will to actively accept the older age." Three categories of the husbands' support for wives' satisfaction included "Empathy regarding the older primiparous wives," "physical and mental health" and "Cooperation of housework with husband." This study has greatly contributed to nursing support for marital relationships.

SUBMITTER: Nakajima K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424439 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Feelings of older Japanese primiparous couples and satisfaction of older primiparous wives with their husbands' support during pregnancy: Focus on the perceptions of pregnant couples.

Nakajima Kumiko K Usui Atsumi A Hayakawa Yuko Y

Nursing open 20200630 5

<h4>Aim</h4>This study was to explore the feelings of older primiparous wives and husbands and satisfaction of older primiparous wives with their husbands' support during pregnancy.<h4>Design</h4>This study is a qualitative research design based on the characteristics of clarifying the recognition of older primiparous couples.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were eight older Japanese primiparous couples. Older primiparous couple's feeling and support by husband during pregnancy were elected using se ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND:In order improve the quality of birth care and women satisfaction with birthing process it is recommended that every woman should be offered the option to experience labour and childbirth with a companion of her choice. Involving husbands who are decision makers in the household may a play role in reducing maternal mortality which is unacceptably high despite the targeted goal to reduce this mortality up to three quarters as targeted in the MDGs by 2015. This is still addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2015/30. This study aimed to explore the experiences and perceptions of husbands' support of their wives during pregnancy, labour and deliveries in Tanzania. METHODS:Qualitative descriptive study design was employed; involving men aged between 24 and 63?years. Participants were selected purposefully at the clinic and in labour ward of SekouToure Regional Referral Hospital (SRRH). The in-depth interview, guided by semi structured interview guide was used to collect the audio recorded and hand written information. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. RESULTS:Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with husbands of women attended for antenatal care and those came for deliveries. Four themes emerged; Demonstrating care, love and affection, adopting modern life style, observing women's right and meeting social economic difficulties. Husbands' support to their partners is a good behaviour practiced during matrimonial lives. Husbands who support their partners during pregnancy and delivery consider themselves as being modern men as they at home take duties beside their usual tasks to let their wives have adequate time to rest during pregnancy. Poor road infrastructure makes difficult to get transport to the healthcare facility especially when labour is imminent. Also ward infrastructure is not supportive to accommodate husbands when they accompany their wives to the healthcare facility. CONCLUSIONS:The healthcare settings in low income countries need to accommodate men during the routine antenatal and intranatal care for the positive outcome of labour and delivery. Educating men on importance of active involvement in reproductive and child health services is important. Exploratory research should be conducted to understand how education and urbanisation affects men involvement in maternal and child health specifically in the low income countries.

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Feelings of older Japanese primiparous couples and satisfaction of older primiparous wives with their husbands' support during pregnancy: Focus on the perceptions of pregnant couples.

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Feelings of older Japanese primiparous couples and satisfaction of older primiparous wives with their husbands' support during pregnancy: Focus on the perceptions of pregnant couples.

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