Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Childbirth is a very important experience and may positively and negatively influence women's attitude towards giving birth. Women satisfaction with their childbirth experiences may have immediate and long-term effects on their health and their relationship with her infant. A cross-sectional...

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Main Author: Halizan, Yusoff
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia
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description Childbirth is a very important experience and may positively and negatively influence women's attitude towards giving birth. Women satisfaction with their childbirth experiences may have immediate and long-term effects on their health and their relationship with her infant. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 postnatal women with low risk postpartum women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. This study was done to identify women satisfaction and the factors that contributed to childbirth satisfaction. Therefore, Mackey Childbirth Rating Scale questionnaire was used to measured childbirth satisfaction. Descriptive statistic was used to measure the mean score and SO of childbirth satisfaction. The mean score satisfaction of support from spouses, 8.78 (1.619), support from caregivers, 71.15 (10.837) and personal control 19.80 (3.377) was highly satisfied. Pearson correlation test, Independent t -test and One Way ANOVA test were used to test the association between variables, where p < 0.05 were significance. Pearson correlation analysis revealed a statistically significant with a positive correlation between support from spouses (r = 0.51, p < 0.05), support from caregivers (r = 0.95, p < 0.05) and personal control (r = 0. 75, p < 0.05) with childbirth satisfaction. Based on Independent t - test and ANOVA test, the selected sociodemographic factors revealed no significant difference (p > 0.05) with childbirth satisfaction. In conclusion, the support from caregivers is a crucial to measure the quality of care. Therefore, understanding women's satisfaction with their childbirth experiences is relevant to health care professional, as an indicator of quality of maternity care.
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spelling usm-511152022-01-10T07:04:27Z http://eprints.usm.my/51115/ Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia Halizan, Yusoff R Medicine (General) Childbirth is a very important experience and may positively and negatively influence women's attitude towards giving birth. Women satisfaction with their childbirth experiences may have immediate and long-term effects on their health and their relationship with her infant. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 postnatal women with low risk postpartum women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. This study was done to identify women satisfaction and the factors that contributed to childbirth satisfaction. Therefore, Mackey Childbirth Rating Scale questionnaire was used to measured childbirth satisfaction. Descriptive statistic was used to measure the mean score and SO of childbirth satisfaction. The mean score satisfaction of support from spouses, 8.78 (1.619), support from caregivers, 71.15 (10.837) and personal control 19.80 (3.377) was highly satisfied. Pearson correlation test, Independent t -test and One Way ANOVA test were used to test the association between variables, where p < 0.05 were significance. Pearson correlation analysis revealed a statistically significant with a positive correlation between support from spouses (r = 0.51, p < 0.05), support from caregivers (r = 0.95, p < 0.05) and personal control (r = 0. 75, p < 0.05) with childbirth satisfaction. Based on Independent t - test and ANOVA test, the selected sociodemographic factors revealed no significant difference (p > 0.05) with childbirth satisfaction. In conclusion, the support from caregivers is a crucial to measure the quality of care. Therefore, understanding women's satisfaction with their childbirth experiences is relevant to health care professional, as an indicator of quality of maternity care. Universiti Sains Malaysia Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/51115/1/HALIZA%20BINTI%20YUSOFF%20-%2024%20pages.pdf Halizan, Yusoff Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Other. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
Halizan, Yusoff
Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_fullStr Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_short Childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_sort childbirth satisfaction among postnatal mothers at postnatal ward in hospital universiti sains malaysia
topic R Medicine (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/51115/
http://eprints.usm.my/51115/1/HALIZA%20BINTI%20YUSOFF%20-%2024%20pages.pdf