Date Approved
4-1999
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Nursing (M.S.N.)
Degree Program
College of Nursing
Abstract
Perception of birth is an important consideration for all health care providers. A positive perception of birth can promote effective adaptation to the maternal role. The Roy Adaptation Model guided this research study comparing the perception of birth among women who delivered vaginally, by planned cesarean birth, and by unplanned cesarean birth.
Perception of birth was measured by the use of a 29 item questionnaire developed by Marut and Mercer and completed by 78 subjects two to four weeks postpartum. The ANOVA and post hoc Scheffe tests were used to measure the differences between groups.
The findings supported the hypothesis that women with cesarean births would have a less positive perception of birth than women who delivered vaginally. The second hypothesis that women with unplanned cesarean births would have a less positive perception of birth than those who delivered vaginally or by planned cesarean birth was not supported.
ScholarWorks Citation
Blamer, Karen, "A Comparative Study of Women's Perceptions of Vaginal and Cesarean Births" (1999). Masters Theses. 485.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/485
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