Factors Associated with Visit Postpartum Based Continuum of Care

Abstract

The low number of postpartum visits in postpartum mothers' results in complications. Continuum of Care is defined as a model of midwifery care that provides effective services for mothers during pregnancy, birth and the puerperium period. This study aims to determine the Factors Related to Postpartum Visits based on Continuum of Care at Mungka Community Health Center Working Area, Mungka District, Fifty City District in 2020. The type of this study was descriptive analytic with cross-sectional study. The population was all mothers who gave birth on November at Mungka Community Health Center. They were 43 respondents. Total sampling technique had been used to select the samples. The data were collected through a questionnaire and it was analyzed by univariate and bivariate analysis. Based on the results of the study it was found that 58.1% of the respondents had lack of knowledge, 58.1% of them received good husband's support, 51.2% of the respondents were multiparity parity, 53.3% of them did not accept the good role of midwives, and 60.5% of postpartum visits were in the bad category. From the results of statistical tests, it was found that there was no relationship between parity (p= 0.445), knowledge (p_value 0.0320 OR = 4.976), husband's support (p_value 0.022 OR 6.364), the role of midwives (p_value = 0.025 OR = 5.400) toward the continuum of care based postnatal visits postpartum visits. Lastly, it suggests to inform the public, especially postpartum mothers to make regular postpartum visits based on the Continuum of Care in order to avoid unwanted complications later.