title: [A study on third-trimester gravidas' knowledge of infant care activity].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to measure the degree of gravidas' knowledge of infant care activity, and to identify the factors influencing the difference of gravidas' knowledge. The subjects of this study consisted of 159 gravida visited 2 general hospitals, 2 OB/GY clinics and 2 midwives' clinics in J city for antenatal care. The data were collected from December 1 to 30, 1989. The instrument used for this study was true false type question which was developed by investigator through literature review. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, t-test and ANOVA on significant difference with SPSS program. The results of this study were summarized as follow: 1) The degree of gravidas' knowledge of infant care activity was 36.75, the degree of gravidas' knowledge of physical care activity was 16.70, and the degree of gravidas' knowledge of psychosocial care activity was 20.05. 2) Among the physical care activity knowledge items, the diaper should be changed whenever it is soiled, shortly after feeding is over, bathing is bad, gently patted or stroked on the back when bubbling, 10 minutes time in bathing is appropriate, infant is crying whenever he is hungry per 3-4 hours, and room humidity controlled 60 percent, more or less were over a percentage of 80 of right answer. Among the physical care activity knowledge items, a reason for burping was the air he has swallowed will rise to the top of his stomach and be eructated, burping is advisable after the feeding, dressing of umbilical area is not necessary, the thermometer should not be boiled for disinfection, it is important that the infant grasp the whole nipple within his mouth, using alcohol sponge is bad whenever diaper is soiled, and when temperature is taken by the rectal method, infant legs should be grasped firmly were less than a percentage of 60 of right answer.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D009035:Mothers; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third