title: Major concerns of women after cesarean delivery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify women's major physiologic, psychologic, and life-style concerns at 2 and 8 weeks after cesarean delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study with open-ended interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  Large urban hospital affiliated with a major university.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred six women who had unplanned cesarean deliveries and delivered live, full-term neonates. The mean maternal age was 28.7 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The major physiologic, psychologic, and life-style concerns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven women reported no concerns at both data points. The number of physiologic concerns that the women expressed decreased markedly from 2 to 8 weeks postdelivery, but the number of psychologic and life-style concerns did not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings reinforce the need for prenatal teaching and postnatal follow-up regarding these concerns.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Bristol.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Miovech
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borucki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roncoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brooten
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008019:Life Style; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy