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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Khan, Imran Ahmed
• Malik, Najma
• Mishra, Richa
• Tiwari, Harish Chandra
• Shahi, Veena

Titel

Awareness, attitude and willingness to receive labour analgesia among pregnant women attending maternity hospitals in Eastern U.P

Ist Teil von

• Clinical epidemiology and global health, 2022-11, Vol.18, p.101157, Article 101157

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background: Labour pain is among the most severe pain that a women experience in their lifetime. Since abolition of labour pain has always been surrounded by myths and controversies, providing effective and safe analgesia in labour remained a challenge. Objective: The Objective of this survey was to find out awareness, attitude and willingness to receive Labour Analgesia among pregnant women attending maternity hospitals and providing health education regarding labour analgesia to the participants and attendants encountered during study. Method: This cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to March 2022 among pregnant women attending obstetrics & gynaecology department of BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur using semi structured, pretested questionnaire. Personal interview of participants was done to collect data. Result: A total 204 valid responses were obtained out of 225 participants contacted (response rate 90.6%). Age of the participants were 20–35 years (mean 25.18, standard deviation 3.2). We found very little awareness regarding labour analgesia among participants attending to antenatal clinics but after providing information majority were willing to avail the facility of labour analgesia. Conclusion: Awareness about labour analgesia was found limited but majority had positive attitude towards it. This demand supply gap can be filled by appropriate health education and increasing awareness about availability of these services.