MATERNAL ATTACHMENT AND HUSBAND PARTICIPATION DURING REPEAT CESAREAN DELIVERY WITH SPINAL OR GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
Contributors: Northern Illinois University.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purposes of this study were to (1) investigate the difference in maternal attachment for patients who experience vaginal versus cesarean delivery, (2) determine the difference in maternal attachment when the husband is present during delivery, and (3) examine the difference in attachment when spinal or general anesthesia is used for delivery.

The subjects in this ex post facto study were 50 women who had experienced a repeat cesarean delivery in a metropolitan, community hospital in northern Illinois. All of the women were within 24 hours of dismissal time for this hospitalization when the data were collected. Subjects completed the Revised McClowry Maternal Attachment Questionnaire (RMMAQ) and a subject data sheet. Data concerning type of anesthesia and husband presence during surgery were obtained from the patient chart. A secondary analysis of data from the McClowry report on maternal attachment for spontaneous delivery was performed. The data were analyzed by t-tests.

The finding of the study indicates that (1) there is a significant difference in maternal attachment when there is husband participation for repeat cesarean delivery; (2) there is not a significant difference in the maternal attachment between general and spinal anesthesia for repeat cesarean delivery; (3) there is not a significant difference in maternal attachment between repeat spontaneous and repeat cesarean delivery.

Analysis of the demographic data of the subjects participating in the study showed that there was significantly lower RMMAQ scores for those who were under 20 years of age, Black, or not high school graduates. There was no significant difference in RMMAQ scores for levels of annual family income.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-12, Section: B, page: 3772.

Thesis (ED.D.)--NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, 1984.

School code: 0162.