Assessment of the Pregnancy Education Programme with questionnaire "EDUMA2" in Madrid (Spain)

Abstract

La educación prenatal promueve la participación de los padres durante el embarazo y el puerperio. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar la calidad de sesiones educativas realizadas en el tercer trimestre del embarazo en un programa de educación para el Sistema Nacional de Salud español en Madrid. El diseño es un estudio transversal en 41 centros de atención primaria en la Comunidad de Madrid, que es una de las 17 comunidades autónomas que constituyen el Estado español. Los participantes son una muestra probabilística representativa de 928 asistentes al programa.

Rationale, aims and objectives The prenatal education promotes the empowerment of parents during pregnancy and postnatal period. This study aimed to assess the quality of educational sessions held in the third trimester of pregnancy as part of the parenting education programme for Spanish National Health System in Madrid. Methods The design is a cross-sectional study in 41 primary care centres in the autonomous community of Madrid, which is one of the 17 autonomous communities that constitute the Spanish State, each wick medical responsibilities. The participants are a representative probability sample of 928 attendees to the programme. The assessment instrument is EDUMA2 questionnaire (Cronbach s alpha = 0.829) of 56 variables. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed using SPSS. The project was approved by the Research and Ethics Committees of the University Hospital of La Paz. Results The uptake efficiency immigration risk is 14.7%, and lack of social support is 8.7%. The functionality in organization, teaching and methodology is high in 90.5%. The learning effectiveness of health habits, care and techniques is significant and greater than 60% in the 14 parameters studied. Satisfaction is very high at 67.5%. The immediate impact in terms of control or safety increase is significant and greater than 71% and significantly greater than 40% and for increasing the bonding with the baby. Conclusions No jobs found with which to compare. The assessment of the programme with adequate psychometric characteristics questionnaire allows designing strategies and research to improve the quality of prenatal education.