Investigation of the present situation of midwifery and the appropriate technical application in Henan Province / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the present situation of midwifery and the appropriate technical application of midwifery in Henan Province.Methods Using convenience sampling method,questionnaire survey was conducted among 32 tertiary hospitals,47 secondary hospitals and 11 primary hospitals via the platform of midwifery section of Henan Province nursing association.Results For hospitals of different levels in Henan Province,the training rate of midwives was (19.55±20.28)％,80.2％ of the hospitals mentioned there was a need to increase midwives,the rates of natural delivery and perineal side cutting were (50.84±12.16)％ and (40.14±21.15)％,and there were significant differences in the rates of natural delivery and perineal side cutting among hospitals of different levels(P＜0.05).The proportion of application of appropriate techniques of midwifery was as follows:Doula delivery was 49.4％,labor in liberal position was 35.8％,epidural anesthesia was 56.8％,water birth was 4.9％,Lamaze breathing was 60.5％,and music therapy was 24.7％;the main reason for no Doula delivery was the shortage of midwives (75.6％),and the reasons for no labor in liberal position were the midwife had not been trained(57.7％) and there was safety hazard (57.7％).Conclusion The rate of standardized training for midwives was low,and there was a need of increasing midwives in hospitals of all levels in Henan Province.The appropriate technologies of midwifery need to be popularized,and the hospital should strengthen the training of related knowledge and skills for midwives in order to improve work ability,pronote natural delivery,and enhance application of appropriate techniques of midwifery.