本研究旨在比較產婦使用簡便式的溼熱敷墊乳房護理法(熱敷墊組)與傳統式的濕熱毛巾熱敷乳房護理法(熱毛巾組)的哺餵成效。研究採立意取樣，對象為南部地區某教學醫院於產後哺餵母乳、無產後合併症、且其新生兒正常之產婦。資料收集的時間為自民國85年5月至86年4月，扣除住院期間哺餵母乳的時間少於2天、及新生兒體重登錄不全者，共得熱毛巾組94名，熱敷墊組52名。研究工具為研究者自擬之問卷、溼熱敷墊、及新生兒體重計。研究結果顯示：（1）兩組產婦其新生兒住院期間體重變化並無差異；（2）熱敷墊組的產婦對其使用的乳房護理方法在舒適性、方便性及隱密性方面之主觀感受均較熱毛巾組的產婦佳；（3）護理人員認為在協助熱敷墊組產婦執行乳房護理所費時間較熱毛巾組短，其效果亦較好。本研究結果建議產婦執行乳房護理時，可以使用簡便式的濕熱敷墊取代傳統式的濕熱毛巾。

　　　　　The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two breastcare methods-one with moist heating pad (the pad group) and the other with moist hot towel (the towel group). Data were collected from May, 1996 to April, 1997 in a southern hospital in Taiwan. Mothers who breastfed, had no postpartum complications and had a healthy newborn were recruited in the study. Mothers who breastfed less than 2 days and those newborns without a complete body weight record were excluded. The numbers of participants were 94 in the towel group and 52 in the pad group. The tools used in this study were the questionnaire developed by the researchers, the heating pad, and the newborn body weight scale. The results revealed that: (1) there is no differences in the changes of newborns' body weight between the two groups; (2) the mothers in the pad group felt more comfortable, convenient and private than those in the towel group; (3) nurses spent less time helping mothers in the pad group than those in the towel group. The conclusion was that the heating pad could substitute for the hot towel in the breastcare method.