Strategy study on pre-pregnancy care for women wanted second child

Abstract

Objective To explore the prenatal care before pregnant for women having plan to get second child, and to provide references for the development and guidance of the nursing work for the second pregnant women. Methods From January to October 2015, 1 028 pregnant ages women who had plan to have second child were randomly selected and divided into control group and experimental group according to the order of entry into Maternal and Child Health Care Center. The control group (n=514) received routine pre-pregnancy care, while the experimental group (n=514) were given combined nursing intervention. All the women were followed up for 18 to 24 months. The results of the two groups before and after the intervention were analyzed in preconception eugenic health examination related knowledge of the situation. Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) were used to evaluate the mental state and the compliance of pre-pregnancy health examination were compared. Results Compared with the control group, the knowledge of prenatal health examination was significantly higher in the experimental group than that in the control group, as well as health examination, inherited diseases, risk assessment, and pregnant related health knowledge (P<0.05) . After the intervention, the scores of the two groups were significantly lower than that before intervention in SDS and SAS, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05) ; after intervention, SDS, SAS and other psychological scores in the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05) . The compliance of the experimental group after intervention was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05) . Conclusions Nursing intervention can significantly improve the health knowledge of women having second child plan, and the awareness rate is improved after intervention. The effect of nursing intervention on improving the psychological status of pregnant women is satisfactory. Key words: Women's health care services; Health education; Second children; Nursing intervention; Health knowledge, attitude, practice