Women’s perceptions of spousal relevance in childbirth pain relief in four Nigerian hospitals

Emelonye, Abigail Uchenna; Pitkäaho, Taina; Aregbesola, Alex; Vehviläinen‐Julkunen, Katri

doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2017.04.004

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“…Udofia and Akwaowo (2012), Emelonye et al (2017), Morhason-Bello et al (2008) and Timur and Hotun-Şahin (2010) suggested that women wanted to receive support from their spouses mostly during delivery. The relevant finding of the present study showed similarity to the findings of similar previous studies [ 11 , 16 , 25 , 26 ].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The present study demonstrated that the women wanted to receive emotional support from their spouses while the men planned to provide them with physical support. In the previous studies, women wanted to receive emotional and psychological support from their spouses with a level ranging from 50 to 86.6% [ 11 , 16 , 26 , 27 ]. The relevant finding of the present study showed similarity to those of the previous studies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, the study found that the women who considered their delivery experiences to be positive required less social support. The previous studies suggested that the support provided to women by the healthcare personnel or spouses had positive implications [ 3 , 6 , 9 , 26 – 30 ]. The relevant finding of the present study was compliant with those of the previous studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Views on spousal support during delivery: a Turkey experience

Taşhan

Duru

2018

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundSpousal support is important during delivery since it satisfies the women and their spouses. Thus both women and their spouses should be included, where appropriate, in research on labour and birth. This descriptive study aimed to determine Turkish women’s and their spouses’ views on spousal support during delivery.MethodsThe study population included women who stayed in the postpartum unit of a hospital and gave birth vaginally to their first child between the thirty-seventh and forty-second week of pregnancy. It also included their spouses. The study sample included 170 couples. The data were collected using introductory information forms administered to women and their spouses. The data were analyzed using percentages, averages, the chi-square test and logistic regression modeling.ResultsThis study indicated that 67.6% of the women and 71.8% of women’s spouses were in favor of spousal support during delivery. It also suggested that the women with negative experiences of childbirth needed social support during delivery and demanded to receive more spousal support but could not receive this support from the healthcare personnel (p < 0.05). The logistic regression models revealed that the risk of demanding to receive spousal support during delivery was 9.4 times higher in the women who needed social support during delivery than those who do not.ConclusionThis study demonstrated that women’s spouses wanted to be included in the delivery process more than the women wanted them to be, and the women who could not receive the necessary support needed more spousal support.

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Views on spousal support during delivery: a Turkey experience

Taşhan

Duru

2018

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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“…Thirteen studies provided quantitative data on reasons why women wanted fathers to be present (30,37,40,45,47,49,51,54,67,(76)(77)(78)(79). In one study from Nigeria that involved 506 women, 345 desired male partners' presence at labour and birth and reasons included appreciation of the woman's value (57.7%), witnessing childbirth ordeal (32.2%), interceding on their behalf for improved care (24%), receiving encouragement from their partner (21%), and 7.9% perceived that fathers would develop an early bond with the baby if they attended childbirth (49).…”

Section: Women's Wish For Male Partners' Presencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In one study from Nigeria that involved 506 women, 345 desired male partners' presence at labour and birth and reasons included appreciation of the woman's value (57.7%), witnessing childbirth ordeal (32.2%), interceding on their behalf for improved care (24%), receiving encouragement from their partner (21%), and 7.9% perceived that fathers would develop an early bond with the baby if they attended childbirth (49). In two studies, 86.6% (n=102) of 142 women from Nigeria and 86% (n=99) from Turkey whose male partners were present at labour reported that their partners' presence was important for them because they benefitted from their emotional, psychological, physical, and financial support (67,79).…”

Section: Women's Wish For Male Partners' Presencementioning

confidence: 99%

Factors influencing whether or not male partners from low and middle income countries attend childbirth: a mixed methods systematic review

Uhawenimana¹

2019

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Currently, there is a global drive to promote respectful maternity care including a woman’s right to have a companion of her choice during labour and birth. This may include but is not limited to doula, female relatives or friends, and male partners. Evidence suggests that male partners’ attendance at childbirth, when it is a woman’s choice, may be associated with a positive emotional experience for the woman. However, these potential benefits were reported from studies conducted in high income settings only. There is limited information about male partners’ attendance at labour and birth in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Although male partners’ attendance at childbirth is being implemented in a few health facilities in LMICs, there is a paucity of evidence on the acceptability and feasibility of this practice and the moderators of implementation in the context of LMICs.

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