Nivel de conocimiento sobre el autocuidado puerperal de primíparas del departamento de Obstetricia en el Hospital Moreno Vázquez,Gualaceo 2020

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Abstract:Background: The puerperium is the period from the moment immediately after delivery to 6 weeks later, constituting a crucial stage where the mother must learn about self-care issues that will avoid complications and readmissions.Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge about the puerperal self-care of primiparous women treated in the Obstetrics department of the Moreno Vázquez Hospital in Gualaceo in 2020.Methodology: A descriptive and quantitative research was carried out. The sample consisted of 71 primiparous mothers in the immediate puerperium attended at the Moreno Vázquez Hospital in the period September -November 2020. A survey was applied, the information was collected in forms and processed using theSPSS program, test versionby absolute frequency and percentage, which were represented in tables.Results: 71 primiparous women in the immediate puerperium were studied; there is a better level of knowledge on the issues of milk production (88.7%), breastfeeding frequency (84.5%), signs of risk in the puerperium regarding headache (81.7%), action against to the presence of lochia associated with infection (80.3%) and hand hygiene (80.3%). On the other hand, a lower level of knowledge was evidenced in the topics about exercises in the puerperium (in relation to walking 33.8% and strengthening the muscles of the pelvic region 33.8%), the breast care (33.8%), sexual relations and breastfeeding (32.4%) and food hygiene (32.4%).Conclusion: The level of knowledge about self-care during the puerperium period in primiparous mothers is deficient, so it is necessary to strengthen pre and postnatal education in this group.