Introduction: The number of cesarean sections is rising globally. Puerpera after cesarean section has an increased risk for an early weaning, prolonged recovery, postpartum mental illnesses and infections. In Slovenia, minimal two postnatal home visits of a home health care provider are provided for every puerpera. Purpose: The purpose of this work is to explore the home health care of the puerpera after the cesarean section. Methods: We used the descriptive method with the literature review of sources in Slovenian and in English. We reviewed literature published between 2013 and 2023. We searched in CINAHL Ultimate, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect, PubMed/Medline, COBIB and Wiley Online Library with the specifical search string. From the starting 22 779 results we included seven units of the review into final analysis. Results: Globally, postpartum home health care visits are different. Factors affecting the quality of maternal recovery after caesarean section are psychosocial support, help with breastfeeding, presence of pain and medical factors. The home health care provider performs interventions which satisfy the factors affecting the quality of maternal recovery. Specific discharge instructions consist of guidance for proper wound care, physiological changes in puerperium and is teaching about pathological signs and symptoms which require further medical attention. Discussion and conclusion: We have identified the quality of the home health care of the puerpera after the cesarean section as precisely organised home health care visits by which the current specific needs of the puerpera are met and are equal to the discharge instructions, providing holistic treatment. However, the home health care of the puerpera after the cesarean section is poorly explored. Articles show various conclusions about the susceptibility of the puerpera who underwent cesarean delivery to the increased risk for developing postpartum depression. According to the Slovenian perinatal statistics, women who had a cesarean delivery, breastfeed for a shorter period when compared to women, who gave birth vaginally. We evaluate that Slovenian home health care for the puerperas is well run. However, we propose establishment of a correct evidence for collecting data about problems with breastfeeding and mental issues that the puerpera who gave birth via cesarean section encounters in the postpartum period.
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