Investigation on Situation Regarding Mothers of Cleft Lip and/or Palate Babies During the Obstetrics Hospitalization after Delivery

Abstract

This paper, in order to offer good cares of mothers who delivered cleft lip babies and/or palate ones, investigates the actual situation of them under obstetrics hospitalization.
A total of 145 mothers who visited the hospital after delivery were given que stionnaires.
The following results were obtained: 44.8% of the mothers with cleft lip babies and/ or palate babies did not have knowledge about cleft lips and/or palate.6.8% of the mothers knew, before the delivery, that a fetus had cleft lips and/or palate.53.1% of the mothers were forbidden to see their children immediately after delivery; 31.7% of the mothers were informed about the details of these conditions later than 2 days after delivery.
Very few mothers (8.3%) were given definite information about these symptom s by special doctors.30.3% of the mothers were not minutely instructed how to breast feed.
Around 70% of the mothers were not given any information about nursing and associatio ns of parents' when they were leaving the hospital. Only 37.9% of the mothers were satisfied with the care and treatment by the medical staff during hospitalization. This research shows that it is necessary to give the follo wing to the mothers at the time of the first examination of for surgical medical treatment.
1. Detailed explanation regarding cleft lips and/or palate.
2. Breast-feeding instruction.
3. Childcare instruc tion regarding long-term medical treatment.
4. The information to support a medical treatment life.