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1The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing, Austin, Texas 78701-1499, USA. kbowman@mail.nur.utexas.edu
Objective:
To describe the methodological differences of postpartum learning needs studies and organize them for comparison with similar studies.
Data Sources:
Computerized literature searches of CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Health Star databases.
Study Selection:
Reports published in English before 2003 and relevant to the keywords concerns, needs, interests, worries, priorities, postpartum, teaching, and learning.
Data Extraction:
Data were extracted and information organized according to subject parity, maternal self-care content, infant care content, length of data collection, and week of the postpartum period.
Data Synthesis:
Stitches, episiotomy, and postpartum complications were the most important maternal care learning needs during the first 3 postpartum days, and feeding and illness were the most important infant care learning needs during the first 7 postpartum days.
Conclusions:
More studies are needed to fill the postpartum learning needs research gaps, build on the findings of previous studies, and produce clinically useful information for practicing nurses.
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