Samia Abd El Hakim Hassanin Aboud
Professor
Effect of Women Self Monitoring of Fetal Kicks on Enhancing Their General Health Status
• 2018
Publication Information
Authors
Hanan El-Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed1
, Samia I Hassan1,*, Samia Abdel Hakeem Hanseen Aboud2
,
Adel Al-Wehedy Ibrahim
Keywords
counting, fetal kicks, general health status, self monitoring
Journal
Not Available
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages
117-124
publication.type
Local
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
Samia Abd El Hakim Hassanin Aboud_Samia Abd El Hakim Hassanin Aboud_published FM.pdf
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of women self monitoring of fetal kicks on enhancing their
general health status. Design: An experimental study was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the antenatal
outpatient clinic in Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt. Subjects: Two hundred pregnant women were divided
into two groups intervention and control group. Tools: An interviewing questionnaire schedule, General health
questionnaire, Self monitoring daily fetal kicks chart. Results: The present study results had revealed that, there was
a highly statically significant improvement of the total scores of general health status from pre intervention at
28weeks compared to post intervention at 37weeks of gestation among intervention group (23.45± 5.97 at 28 weeks)
to (20.73± 4.18) at 37 weeks (P= 0.0001). Also, there was a highly statically significant improvement regarding
normality of fetal kicks and total improvement of self monitoring of fetal kicks among intervention group.
Conclusion: It was evident from the study findings that the women self monitoring of fetal kicks had significantly
improved general health status of pregnant women when compared with women who received only the routine
hospital care. This method is cheap, simple, and it could be prescribed to pregnant women as a helpful intervention.
Therefore, it is recommended that training program must be designed and implemented to enhance pregnant women
daily self monitoring of fetal kicks at antenatal clinics.
general health status. Design: An experimental study was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the antenatal
outpatient clinic in Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt. Subjects: Two hundred pregnant women were divided
into two groups intervention and control group. Tools: An interviewing questionnaire schedule, General health
questionnaire, Self monitoring daily fetal kicks chart. Results: The present study results had revealed that, there was
a highly statically significant improvement of the total scores of general health status from pre intervention at
28weeks compared to post intervention at 37weeks of gestation among intervention group (23.45± 5.97 at 28 weeks)
to (20.73± 4.18) at 37 weeks (P= 0.0001). Also, there was a highly statically significant improvement regarding
normality of fetal kicks and total improvement of self monitoring of fetal kicks among intervention group.
Conclusion: It was evident from the study findings that the women self monitoring of fetal kicks had significantly
improved general health status of pregnant women when compared with women who received only the routine
hospital care. This method is cheap, simple, and it could be prescribed to pregnant women as a helpful intervention.
Therefore, it is recommended that training program must be designed and implemented to enhance pregnant women
daily self monitoring of fetal kicks at antenatal clinics.