Assessment of Birth Satisfaction after Receiving Midwifery Care among Postnatal Mothers

Abstract

Background: Satisfaction during birth is an essential component of woman’s health after delivery, which has long term impact on her life.

Objective: To assess the level of satisfaction from different perspectives of health of woman after midwifery care during labour and delivery.

Method: About 170 numbers of women were selected conveniently those were admitted in postnatal ward of a Govt. Medical college hospital. A self structured labour satisfaction questionnaire was prepared on various aspects of care. Data was collected from the postnatal mothers within 48 hours of delivery admitted in postnatal ward through structured questionnaire by interview method.

Result: The overall satisfaction was found among 16% of women. The level of satisfaction in different aspects of care including physical,emotional, informational and ethical were quite below the minimum expected level. Women were not happy with the emotional support provided by the midwives. Age and education were significantly related to the level of satisfaction (p= 0.05 and p<0.001 respectively).

Conclusion: The women were not satisfied with the care provided by  midwives.Their concern towards women was poor.Their understanding of the needs of women was not satisfactory  specially towards Midwives must understand the needs of women like, physical comfort, provision of required information and emotional support during labour. The issues of satisfaction during labour should be taken into utmost priority and implement adequately through midwifery education and training.