Background
Methods
Results
Descriptive statistics
Entire sample | Parent and baby group sub-sample | Online sub-sample | |
---|---|---|---|
(N = 71) | (N = 39) | (N = 32) | |
Mean age of participants (years)
|
29
|
30
|
29
|
Age range
|
Minimum age = 19
|
Minimum age = 19
|
Minimum age = 19
|
Maximum age = 41
|
Maximum age = 41
|
Maximum age = 37
| |
Unemployment rate average (%)
|
10%
|
10%
|
10%
|
Mean time period since birth (months)
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
Number of breastfeeding participants
|
55 (77%)
|
27 (69%)
|
28 (87.5%)
|
Mean breastfeeding length (months)
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.3
|
Number of participants with HADS depression score:
| |||
Not depressed (0–7)
|
59
|
36
|
23
|
Do demographic and other descriptive factors impact upon satisfaction with postnatal healthcare?
Does the psychological functioning and/or personality traits of mothers’ impact upon satisfaction with postnatal healthcare?
Overall communication | Heath visitor communication | Midwives communication | Total satisfaction | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agreeableness
|
Pearson correlation
| .277**
| .259*
| .245*
| .339**
|
Sig. (1-tailed)
| .010 | .015 | .039 | .004 | |
N
| 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | |
Conscientiousness
|
Pearson correlation
| .303**
| .331**
| .328**
| .305**
|
Sig. (1-tailed)
| .005 | .002 | .005 | .010 | |
N
| 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | |
Emotional stability
|
Pearson correlation
| .306**
| .226*
| .363**
| .386**
|
Sig. (1-tailed)
| .005 | .029 | .002 | .001 | |
Satisfaction
|
N
| 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 |
Pearson correlation
| .716** | .672** | .761** | ||
Sig. (1-tailed)
| .000 | .000 | .000 | ||
N
| 71 | 71 | 71 |
Do the perceptions of the healthcare communication primiparous mothers receive during the postnatal period directly impact upon satisfaction with postnatal healthcare?
Predictors | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | ||||||||
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B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | |
Constant | -7.375 | 3.459 | -7.729 | 4.009 | -10.202 | 4.383 | -20.953 | 8.664 | ||||
Overall communication | .232 | .053 |
.369***
| .233 | .054 |
.370***
| .242 | .054 |
.385***
| .230 | .054 |
.365***
|
Midwife communication | .621 | .176 |
.346***
| .618 | .178 |
.345***
| .578 | .179 |
.322**
| .527 | .184 |
.294***
|
Health visitor communication | .524 | .157 |
.283***
| .535 | .170 |
.289**
| .488 | .172 |
.263*
| .480 | .176 |
.259*
|
HADS depression sub-group | .376 | 2.102 | .013 | -.103 | 2.119 | -.004 | .242 | 2.144 | .008 | |||
Feeding method | 3.264 | 2.411 | .094 | 3.636 | 2.495 | .105 | ||||||
Agreeableness | 1.109 | 1.004 | .080 | |||||||||
Emotional stability | -.195 | .848 | -.017 | |||||||||
Conscientiousness | 1.029 | .944 | .083 |