Implementation and evaluation of health training guidance for the purpose of improving self-care behavior among primiparae

Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate health training guidance using the self-monitoring method in order to improve self-care behavior among Primiparae.MethodIntervention consisted of establishing two groups consisting of an interview group who self-monitored daily self-care behavior and were interviewed by midwife nurses (17 subjects) and a recording group who only performed self-monitoring (20 subjects), and intervening for 20 weeks from week 15 to week 34 of pregnancy. A control group was also established consisting of pregnant women who did not undergo intervention (18 subjects). Evaluation indices consisted of apprehension, intention to implement self-care behavior, and practical application status of self-care behavior, and these indices were measured in weeks 15, 26 and 36 of pregnancy.Results and DiscussionIn the recording group, 25% of the subjects withdrew from the program by the second evaluation. When analyzed using a repetitive two-factor analysis of variance, apprehension was observed for the main effect of the group (p