Postpartum Care with Theories

Maternal Emotional Well-Being: A Scale Development and Psychometric Testing Study

“…Considering the problems that can be encountered in the postpartum period, it is crucially important to prevent complications, improve health, and provide the mother with the necessary advice in terms of maternal and neonatal health, and important responsibilities fall upon healthcare professionals in this vital process. 11,37,38 According to the deck-chair theory, the emotional well-being of a mother can be ensured if a shortcoming in one factor is balanced with the reinforcement of another factor. In this sense, negative personality traits and experiences of the mother and insufficient social support can be compensated by postpartum healthcare, and this will be effective in ensuring the comfort of the mother and her emotional response to postpartum changes.…”

“…Care services provided based on theories and models allow practitioners to reach their targeted goals more easily and achieve successful care outcomes. 11 In this context, midwives can provide care to women in the pregnancy In the context of individual needs in obstetrics, to provide comprehensive and high-quality care, it is needed to develop care standards and appropriate assessment tools for midwives in line with scientific knowledge. The content of this scientific knowledge is founded on "concepts" and "theories", especially in the fields of behavioral and social sciences.…”

“…Thus, while developing a measurement instrument, its basis should be a theoretical framework. 11 In this study, the deck-chair theory by Jean Ball was adopted as a theoretical framework, and it was determined that the emotional well-being of a mother is dependent on her personality and experiences, social support status, and healthcare support status. Höglund and Larsson (2014) also utilized the deck-chair theory of Jean Ball to plan their study and interpret its results.…”