Women’s perception and experiences regarding post partum exercise in Khartoum University Hospitals Khartoum Locality –2015 Sudan

Faiza.A.N

Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2016

Women’s perception and experiences regarding post partum exercise in Khartoum University Hospitals Khartoum Locality –2015 Sudan

Faiza. A. N

Abstract :

Background: The postpartum period or puerperium is the six weeks after child birth, in which the body undergoes major physiological changes .It is a critical transition time for women affecting significantly her physical and mental health. Postpartum exercises are exercises performed after birth to improve physical and mental health of mothers and started as soon as possible in order to improve circulation, strength pelvic flour and abdominal muscles and prevent transient and long term physical and mental problems. There are several types but the important exercises are Kagle, Abdomen, Legs and feet and Relaxation.Objective: to study puerpural women perception regarding post partum exercises. Mathods: A describtive cross sectional hospital based study design was used .The data was collected using structured interview for 100 post partum women selected randumly from Khartoum university hospitals.March–juine 2015.Results: study showed that women knowledge regarding postpartum exercises (PPE) mainly (Kagle, Abdomen, Legs–feet andRelaxation exercises) was72% .Women performance of PPE mainly (Kagle, Abdomen, Legs–feet andRelaxation exercises) was 9% . Barriers to performing PPE, mainly ether they donot knew, awear of their health or occupied by the care of their children (37, 30, 13 respectivly) Majourty of Women 91% in Post partum period experience and practices traditional methods used Warm drink to relief pain and confortable 70% used Warm pernium care with warm water mixed by certain herbal twice aday for comfortable and prevention of infection Talh for relaxation, prevention of infection and cofortable by injoy its nice oder practices by 24%of the participants. There was no significant association between post partum exercise and socio–demographic and obstetric factors Conclusion: women had more knowledge than practices regarding postpartum exercises and majourty experience and practices traditional methods as means of PPE.