Postpartum period according to Roy adaptation model: Assessment of fatigue, self-esteem, functional status, and dyadic adjustment

Abstract

Objective

The study was conducted to examine the relationship between fatigue, self-esteem, functional status, and dyadic adjustment in the postpartum period and the factors affecting them.

Methods

The study was designed in cross-sectional type. It was carried out in the postpartum follow-up clinic of a hospital in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey between November 2021 and July 2022. Responses from a total of 328 mothers in the first 6 months postpartum were analyzed. Data were collected using a “Descriptive Information Form,” the “Chalder Fatigue Scale,” the “Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale,” the “Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth,” and the “Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale.”

Results

The mean scores of the mothers participating in the study on the total Chalder fatigue scale, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, Inventory of functional status after childbirth, and Revised dyadic adjustment scale were 13.65 ± 6.13, 1.33 ± 1.33, 10.57 ± 2.02, and 51.51 ± 9.49, respectively. It was determined that fatigue had a positive effect and dyadic adjustment had a negative effect on the postpartum self-esteem levels of the mothers. The progress of the postpartum period affects the functional status of mothers positively and significantly.

Conclusions

According to the results of the research, the decrease in fatigue and the increase in dyadic adjustment in women positively affect the increase in self-esteem.