Department of Nutrition, Jinhua People's Hospital, Jinhua, China.
Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, Seoul, South Korea.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 6;10:803503. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.803503. eCollection 2022.
The study investigated and compared postpartum diet and behaviors, nutrition education, and psychological health status among Korean and Chinese postpartum women (0-6 months after delivery).
A total of 221 Korean mothers in Gyeonggi-do (South Korea) and 221 mothers in Jinhua (China) participated in the survey between November and December 2018, and the results were statistically analyzed using the SPSS Statistics 25.0 software.
Many postpartum behaviors, such as postpartum diet pattern and care duration differed between Korean and Chinese mothers. The former showed a stronger desire for nutrition education compared with the latter ( < 0.001). Korean mothers' life and meal satisfaction, and contentment with their husband's support were all ~0.5 points higher compared with Chinese mothers, particularly regarding spousal support ( < 0.001). Postpartum depression stresses positively correlated with postpartum infant care stress and negatively correlated with life satisfaction. In addition, primipara mothers were more in need of infant care support and guidance concerning appropriate baby-feeding techniques compared with multipara mothers.
Traditional culture was a crucial factor that influenced the perceptions of postpartum women in South Korea and China. Culturally tailored nutrition education and exercise programs may benefit Korean and Chinese women after childbirth.
本研究调查并比较了韩国和中国产后妇女(产后 0-6 个月)的产后饮食和行为、营养教育以及心理健康状况。
2018 年 11 月至 12 月,共有 221 名来自韩国京畿道和 221 名来自中国金华的产妇参与了这项调查,使用 SPSS Statistics 25.0 软件对结果进行了统计分析。
许多产后行为,如产后饮食模式和护理持续时间,韩国和中国母亲之间存在差异。前者比后者表现出更强的营养教育需求(<0.001)。与中国母亲相比,韩国母亲的生活和膳食满意度以及对丈夫支持的满意度均高出~0.5 分,尤其是对配偶支持的满意度(<0.001)。产后抑郁压力与产后婴儿护理压力呈正相关,与生活满意度呈负相关。此外,与经产妇相比,初产妇更需要婴儿护理支持和有关适当喂养技术的指导。
传统文化是影响韩国和中国产后妇女观念的一个重要因素。针对韩国和中国妇女的文化定制营养教育和锻炼计划可能对她们产后有益。