2017 Volume 37 Pages 353-363
Purpose: Effective ways to alleviate nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) differ among pregnant women. The purpose was to evaluate the effects on self-care agency (ESCA35) and NVP (INVR) by a two-week nursing care program (NCP) aimed for pregnant women to improve self-care behavior to find their own ways to alleviate NVP using a quasi-experimental study.
Method: The conceptual framework was based on Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory. An intervention group was given NCP based on Miwa’s reflective practice, which three meeting-style interventions, two phone calls, and a self-recorded diary were included.
Result: Data analysis was performed for 45 pregnant women in an intervention group and 67 pregnant women in a control group. The variations of total score and subscale scores of ESCA35 were larger in intervention group. Three subscale scores of INVR (retching experience, retching occurrence, and total distress) were significantly improved only in intervention group. The scores after two weeks showed no significant differences in comparison between two groups.
Conclusion: NCP may improve self-care agency of pregnant women with NVP and decrease retching and the distress of NVP, but further study is needed.
