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Postpartum Interview Position Not Associated With Improved Outcomes

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:333-335.

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THE RANDOMIZED, blinded study by Valdes et al¹ in this issue of the ARCHIVES examined mothers' satisfaction and their retention of information on common postnatal topics when the postpartum interview was conducted while the pediatrician was sitting in a chair near the bed, standing, or sitting on the mother's bed. The authors' study hypothesis was that postpartum mothers' satisfaction with pediatricians and their knowledge would improve when a seated pediatrician conducted postpartum visits. Seventy-five primiparous and multiparous women were enrolled as participants in the study on their first postpartum day in a university hospital newborn nursery. Mothers were randomly assigned to be interviewed with the pediatrician in 1 of the 3 positions. The primary study outcomes were the mother's perception of the duration of the pediatrician's interview, her satisfaction with the interview, the number of questions asked by the mother, and her retention of facts discussed during the interview. Differences . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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