Effect of olive oil application to nipples during late pregnancy on prevention of postpartum nipple trauma /
تاثير وضع زيت الزيتون على الحلمة في اواخر الحمل على منع اصابات الحلمة بعد الولادة
Asmaa Abdallah Ahmed Hussein ; Supervised Yousria Elsayed , Gehan Elghonemy , Ahmed Samy
- Cairo : Asmaa Abdallah Ahmed Hussein , 2018
- 92 , (17) Leaves : charts ; 30cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing
Nipple trauma is a common complaint among breastfeeding women and it is one of the main reasons why some women decide to stop breastfeeding. It confronts nursing women 3-6 days after birth, especially primipara. Nipples become painful and start to show small cracks, which may bleed. This study aimed to test effect of olive oil application to nipples during late pregnancy on prevention of postpartum nipple trauma .Subjects and methods One group time series quasi-experimental design was adopted in this study to achieve the stated aim. Purposive sample of 100 pregnant women who met inclusion criteria were recruited for the study from antenatal clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital affiliated to Cairo University Hospitals. Data were collected through 5 tools (I) Maternal semi structured interview questionnaire, (II) Nipple soreness rating scale (NSRS),(III) Nipple trauma score (NTS),(IIII) WHO B-R-E-A-S-T Feed observation form,(IV) follow up sheet. Procedures were carried out through four phases, Interviewing, pretest, Intervention, and Posttest