Puerperal women’s knowledge on newborn’s body hygiene

Abstract Objectives: to identify puerperal women’s knowledge attending the housing unit at a teaching hospital about newborn body hygiene after receiving routine guidance from the nursing team. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out with 207 puerperal women from a teaching hospital in the Minas Gerais State between December 2018 and May 2019. For data collection, an instrument was built and validated following three phases and descriptive statistics and linear correlation were used of Spearman’s, with a confidence level of 95% for knowledge analysis. Results: 207 puerperal women participated in the study, with a mean age of 27 ± 6.3 years. Inadequate knowledge was observed, mainly regarding the sequence of cleaning the face and scalp, adequate products and hygiene of the nose, ear and mouth. The domain “before the bath” presented the highest average percentage of correct questions (94.0%±10.1), including care with the environment, temperature and intimate hygiene. Conclusion: the identification of inadequate knowledge about the newborn’s body hygiene raises the need for constant and more effective guidelines, with the use of active methodologies starting in prenatal care.

摘要 目的：明确某教学医院住院病房内，接受护理团队常规健康指导后，产褥期妇女对新生儿身体卫生的认知水平。
方法：本研究为横断面研究，研究对象为2018年12月至2019年5月期间，巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州某教学医院的207名产褥期妇女。数据收集采用经三阶段构建并验证的研究工具；认知水平分析采用描述性统计方法及斯皮尔曼（Spearman）线性相关分析，置信水平设为95%。
结果：本研究共纳入207名产褥期妇女，平均年龄为27±6.3岁。研究对象对新生儿身体卫生的认知存在不足，主要集中在面部与头皮清洁顺序、适宜清洁用品及新生儿鼻、耳、口部卫生护理等方面。其中"沐浴前"领域的答对率最高，平均为94.0%±10.1%，该领域涵盖环境护理、水温调节及私密部位卫生等内容。
结论：本次研究发现产褥期妇女对新生儿身体卫生的认知存在不足，提示需在产前保健阶段即采用主动教学法，开展持续且更具针对性的健康指导。