TURKISH JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, cilt.11, sa.2, ss.105-114, 2014 (ESCI)
Purpose: The functional status of women is the mother's readiness to assume infant care, resume self care, housework, social, communal, occupational activities following their giving birth. The recovery of the preconception functional status takes a longer time than healing physiologically. This study was conducted descriptively and analytically to determine the functional status of the women who gave birth and the factors affecting this status.