The purpose of the study was to identify and analyse the stance of midwifery students on menstruation and determine whether the philosophy of profession concerning female reproductive system changes ...their views during the process of midwifery education, provided in a largely medicalised context. This study on menstruation perception provides an insight into correlation between midwifery education and the ensuing level of professional socialisation, its values, attitudes, knowledge and underlying philosophy. The socialisation processes that occur during professional midwifery education should promote and encourage midwifery model of care which is based on respect for the intricacy of the natural physiology, that is, the philosophy of menstrual and reproductive physiology. The study was based on a descriptive and non-experimental method of empirical research. A questionnaire was used as the sole research instrument. Two separate cohorts (all the first and third-year midwifery students, n = 58) were interviewed to ascertain their perceptions on menstruation. The data acquired were processed at the level of descriptive statistics; the statistically significant differences between the two samples were determined by X^sup 2^ -test and Kullback 2I test. The students starting a midwifery programme were treated as laymen. In 42% of the first- year and in 67% of the third-year students, menarche was accompanied by negative feelings. at the time of the study, 80% of the respondents from the first cohort and 96% from the second cohort shared positive views on menstruation and menstrual cycle. The majority of the respondents (73% of the first and 96% of the third-year midwifery students) consider menstruation as an intrinsic part of reproductive physiology. The study participants can all discuss menstruation without reserve, but they would rarely engage in sexual intercourse during their menstrual bleeding. The tests for statistical significance show that there is a slight difference between the cohorts studied as to their menstruation and menstrual cycle perceptions. Most of the third-year students view menstruation as part of the reproductive physiology. Their attitudes towards menstruation are more positive than those of their first-year colleagues which could be attributed also to the knowledge and practical experience gained in the course of midwifery education.
Cilj rada bio je istražiti postupke vezane uz njegu pupkovine i batrljaka u rodilištima u Sloveniji i Hrvatskoj. Studija je bila temeljena na metodama empirijskog upitničkog istraživanja pomoću ...upitnika i kvantitativne istraživačke paradigme, a obuhvatila je sva slovenska rodilišta (n=14) i sva hrvatska rodilišta (n=35). Primalje iz 14 rodilišta u Sloveniji i 35 rodilišta u Hrvatskoj pozvani su da sudjeluju u istraživanju. Istraživanje je provedeno 2013. godine, a sudjelovalo je 67% slovenskih rodilišta i 66% hrvatskih rodilišta. Primijenjene su kauzalne i ne-eksperimentalne metode empirijskog istraživanja. Instrument istraživanja bio je upitnik. Opisne statistike su pripremljene. Teza neovisnosti testirana je χ2-testom odnosno Kullbackovim 2Î-testom. Rezultati su pokazali da velika većina rodilišta primjenjuje metodu DUCC (delayed umbilical cord clamping), tj. pupkovina se klema tek nakon što prestane pulsirati. Samo 10% slovenskih rodilišta u odnosu na 36,4% hrvatskih rodilišta prakticira suhu njegu batrljka. U ostalim rodilištima se batrljak dezinficira; u Sloveniji se za to najčešće rabi kalijev permanganat u 6%-tnoj otopini, dok se u Hrvatskoj najčešće upotrebljava kombinacija oktenidinklorida i fenoksietanola. Većina rodilišta u Hrvatskoj (95,7%) i dalje pokrivaju batrljak gazom, dok to nije najčešća praksa u Sloveniji. Autori procjenjuju da su najzastupljenije metode za njegu pupkovine koje se primjenjuju u slovenskim i hrvatskim rodilištima u skladu s dokazima, dok se poboljšanja mogu primijeniti u njezi batrljka; preporuča se suhu njegu bez pokrivanja.
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