Maternal Role Competence and its Associated Factors among Mothers Who Attended Immunization Clinics at Public Health Facilities of Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study
Keywords:
Maternal role competency, infant, public health facility, Arba MinchAbstract
Maternal role competence is a mother’s skills and satisfaction in the care of her infant. In most developing countries like Ethiopia, antenatal and postnatal care to women largely focuses on physiologic and pathologic aspect leaving the role of mothers unaddressed satisfactorily. The objective of this study is to assess the magnitude of maternal role competence and its associated factors among mothers who attended immunization clinic, at Public Health facilities of Arba Minch town southern Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study design was employed. The sample size was determined by using single population proportion formula, by considering the following assumptions; (P) = 50%, the level of confidence (CI) = 95%, margin of error (d) = 5% and 10% non-response rate with which a sample size of 422 was obtained. Mothers were systematically selected from each health facilities by systematic sampling.
Data was collected using a questionnaire having seven parts that was pretested and standardized Cornbrash’s alpha of each part was found to be > 0.74. Data were entered by using Epi Data Version 4.4.2 and exported to SPSS 25 for analysis. Descriptive and analytic statistics were done. Bivariate and Multivariable logistic regressions were performed. Adjusted Odds ratio along with 95% Confidence interval was estimated to measure the strength of the association. Statistical significance was declared at p-value <0.05. A total 389 mothers participated with over all response rates of 92%. A few less than half of participants had poor maternal role competency (39.6%). Self-esteem, Child care experience, perceived social support and post natal depression were found to be independently associated with poor maternal role competency. Significant numbers of mothers were found to have poor maternal role competence. Maternal role competency of all mothers in general and first time mothers in particular should be addressed at each visit of antenatal and postnatal care beyond the usual physiologic and pathologic aspect.
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