By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. To learn more, view our Privacy Policy. To browse Academia. Nigerian parturients desire, but experience unsatisfactory pain relief as labour analgesia is underutilised and unpopular among skilled-birth attendants.
Using a descriptive cross-sectional design, a pre-tested, structured questionnaire was interviewer administered to a convenient sample of prenatal women at a specialist maternity hospital in Enugu. Majority Only The leading four methods identified were breathing exercises With the advance in health care delivery, obstetric analgesia is now routinely administered in most developed countries; however, in developing countries including Nigeria, childbirth is still a painful natural process for most women.
This study was conducted to assess the awareness and willingness of women within the reproductive age to utilize non-pharmacological obstetric analgesia in reducing labour pain. An explanatory mixed method design was utilized for the study. For the quantitative component, a validated interviewer administered questionnaire was administered to randomly selected women that delivered at AKTH who were attending immunization clinics.
The qualitative study utilized an interview guide to conduct 4 key informant interviews with core health care personnel. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics while content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data. Results showed that the respondents have a mean age of An overwhelming majority of the respondents More than three quarter It was concluded that although majority of respondents were willing to utilize the non-pharmacologic analgesia in reducing labour pains if made available, the level of awareness was ironically low.
The study therefore recommends the need to include the teaching of non-pharmacologic analgesia during antenatal sessions. This is with view of increasing the level of awareness of non-pharmacological analgesia among women.
