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LABOR COMPANIONSHIP AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS AT ATTAT PRIMARY HOSPITAL AND WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL, GURAGE ZONE, SNNPs REGION, ETHIOPIA, 2023.
(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-08) HAWI JEBENSA; MASRESHA GEREMEW
Background: Labor companionship is the assistance given to a woman throughout her labor and childbirth. The burden of maternal and perinatal deaths is surprisingly higher in low resource countries compared to developed countries, this discrepancy is due to lack of quality of care and the low utilization of institutionalized, client-centered and continuous preferred companion-supported care in less developed countries. companionship has great impact on the reduction of maternal and perinatal death by encouraging facility-based delivery. Therefore, this research will assess the labor companionship implementation and its associated factors in primary and specialized hospitals, Gurage Zone, SNNP, Ethiopia 2023. Objective: To assess labor companionship and its associated factors among post-natal mothers at Attat primary hospital and WKU specialized hospital, Gurage Zone, SNNP, Ethiopia, 2023. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study design was employed. From the total sample size of 372 post-natal mothers, 361 postnatal mothers were participated in the study and we collected individual respondent consecutively as per the total numbers of women per one month and the data was collected by using structured questionnaire from woman who gave childbirth in Attat primary hospital and WKU specialized hospital from May 25 to June 26, 2023. The data was entered in Epi data manager version 4.4 and exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the factor association. Result: A total of 361 participants were involved in the study with a 97.045 response rate. The magnitude of labor companionship during labor (first stage) was found to be 78.9% and during delivery (second stage) 15.5%. Women who had complicated labor and delivery (AOR= 5.132; CI= 95%: 1.597, 10.691), women's residence (who live in urban) (AOR= 4.796, CI= 95%: 1.859, 12.369), Good attitude toward having support person (AOR= 12.21, CI= 95%: 4.648, 32.097), comfortability of the facility (AOR= 5.044 CI= 95%: 1.926, 13.209),women’s perceived SBA were not busy (AOR= 8.888, CI= 95%: 3.944, 20.031), being primipara (AOR= 4.755, CI= 95%: 1.235, 6.144) were significantly associated with labor companionship. Conclusion: Labor companionship during delivery (second stage) was found to be low. Giving emphasis on the Attitude toward having support person, residence, complicated labor and delivery, busyness of skilled birth attendants, being primipara were suggested for the improvement of labor companionship.
LABOR COMPANIONSHIP AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS AT ATTAT PRIMARY HOSPITAL AND WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL, GURAGE ZONE, SNNPs REGION, ETHIOPIA, 2023.
(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-08) HAWI JEBESSA; MASRESHA GEREMEW
Background: Labor companionship is the assistance given to a woman throughout her labor and childbirth. The burden of maternal and perinatal deaths is surprisingly higher in low resource countries compared to developed countries, this discrepancy is due to lack of quality of care and the low utilization of institutionalized, client-centered and continuous preferred companion-supported care in less developed countries. companionship has great impact on the reduction of maternal and perinatal death by encouraging facility-based delivery. Therefore, this research will assess the labor companionship implementation and its associated factors in primary and specialized hospitals, Gurage Zone, SNNP, Ethiopia 2023. Objective: To assess labor companionship and its associated factors among post-natal mothers at Attat primary hospital and WKU specialized hospital, Gurage Zone, SNNP, Ethiopia, 2023. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study design was employed. From the total sample size of 372 post-natal mothers, 361 postnatal mothers were participated in the study and we collected individual respondent consecutively as per the total numbers of women per one month and the data was collected by using structured questionnaire from woman who gave childbirth in Attat primary hospital and WKU specialized hospital from May 25 to June 26, 2023. The data was entered in Epi data manager version 4.4 and exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the factor association. Result: A total of 361 participants were involved in the study with a 97.045 response rate. The magnitude of labor companionship during labor (first stage) was found to be 78.9% and during delivery (second stage) 15.5%. Women who had complicated labor and delivery (AOR= 5.132; CI= 95%: 1.597, 10.691), women's residence (who live in urban) (AOR= 4.796, CI= 95%: 1.859, 12.369), Good attitude toward having support person (AOR= 12.21, CI= 95%: 4.648, 32.097), comfortability of the facility (AOR= 5.044 CI= 95%: 1.926, 13.209),women’s perceived SBA were not busy (AOR= 8.888, CI= 95%: 3.944, 20.031), being primipara (AOR= 4.755, CI= 95%: 1.235, 6.144) were significantly associated with labor companionship. Conclusion: Labor companionship during delivery (second stage) was found to be low. Giving emphasis on the Attitude toward having support person, residence, complicated labor and delivery, busyness of skilled birth attendants, being primipara were suggested for the improvement of labor companionship.