Maternal Satisfaction Towards Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section

Factors Associated With Maternal Dissatisfaction towards Spinal Anesthesia among Parturients Give Birth with Cesarean Section at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, 2023: Cross-Sectional Study

“…The overall maternal dissatisfaction with spinal anesthesia were123 (34.2%). It was relatively high when compared to studies in Malaysia 3-5%, Egypt (23.4%), Kenya (15%), Eritrea (13%), and even in another part of Ethiopian studies (4,5,8,13,14). The difference might be due to setup, capacity building, and/or the timing of data collection that leads to overestimation because patients like to please service providers by replying 'satis ed.…”

“…Studies show that there is various level of maternal satisfaction with spinal anesthesia in delivery care which ranged from 50-95% in developing and developed countries respectively. Maternal satisfaction rate reports were higher in high-setup countries, whereas satisfaction of mothers in low setups, like some African countries, is slightly not good; only 51.9-87.2% of mothers' were satis ed with spinal anesthesia during C/S delivery services in some sub-Saharan countries (2)(3)(4)(5).…”

Safety in obstetric anesthesia requires more research and support

“…Usually, lidocaine 2% is used in small incremental doses, depending on the extent of the epidural block. If no previous regional block has been given, a spinal block administered via the L3-L4 interspace using a 25-or 27-gauge spinal needle gives adequate results with high maternal satisfaction rates close to 100% (36), providing the dose of local anesthetic is limited. Obviously, the local anesthetic solution can consist of other local anesthetics to which adjuvants are added to prolong the block.…”