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석민현 ( Suk Min-Hyun ) - 포천중문의과대학교 간호학부
윤영미 ( Yoon Young-Mi ) - 서일대학 간호과
오원옥 ( Oh Won-Oak ) - 동국대학교 의과대학 간호학과
박은숙 ( Park Eun-Sook ) - 고려대학교 간호대학
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of aromatherapy on postpartum mother´s perineal discomfort and breast milk immunoglobuoin A concentration.
Methods : The research design was clinical trial, repeated measures over time, non equivalent control group pretest-posttest design.
The subjects were postpartum mothers delivered vaginally with episiotomy. They were allocated to one of three groups, Aroma-sitz bath group, Aroma-soap group, and control group. The experimental intervention was aromatherapy using essential oil. The methods of aromatherapy were aromatherapy-sitz bath using Lavender, Myrrh, Chamomile, Neroli, Rose, Grapefruit and aromatherapy -soap application making with Lavender, Mandarin, Orange, Grapefruit, Roman Chamomile, Neroli. To evaluate the effect of aromatherapy, perineal discomfort by VAS and mother´s breast milk Ig A concentration were measured. Data were analyzed by repeated measures of ANOVA, ANOVA, ANCOVA, and i-test by SPSS program.
Results : Most subjects of this study were prim ipara(63.9%). The means of mother´s age, neonatal birth weight and length of episiotomy were 28.8 years old, 3263g, and 2.25cm, respectively. The episiotomy discomfort was significantly low in the experimental groups (p=0.005). No significant group effects were found, but significant time effects were found for mother´s breast milk Ig A concentration.
Conclusions : The findings of this study indicate that postpartum aromatherapy for perineal care could be effective in reducing perineal discomfort. But the effect for increasing immunity of aromatherapy did not be verified.
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KeyWords
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aromatherapy, sitz bath, soap, perineum, immunoglobulin A
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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