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Awareness and attitude of Indian pregnant women towards labour analgesia
Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care. 2012; 16 (2): 131-136
em Inglês | IMEMR | ID: emr-151343
Biblioteca responsável: EMRO
ABSTRACT
Epidural labour analgesia has not been fully accepted and is not routinely practised in most of the centres in developing countries despite many advantages of this technique. Number of patients who demand labour analgesia is remarkably low in our hospital although the service is available. The aim of this study was to find out the awareness and attitude of pregnant Indian women attending antenatal clinic of our hospital towards labour analgesia. Two hundred consecutive women attending antenatal clinic of our hospital and willing to participate in the study were included in the survey; they were interviewed using a questionnaire that determined their knowledge of and attitudes regarding labour analgesia. Majority of the participants [85%] fell in the age group of 19-25 years [Range 17-36 years] and 89.5% of them belonged to the rural area. Most of them [98%] had no idea about labour analgesia but 95% of the participants expressed their interest to learn about the technique and its advantages. Level of acceptance of labour analgesia after full information was found to be significantly correlated with the level of education and socioeconomic status, fear of delivery complications, and fear of labour pains, and their eagerness to deliver without suffering from labour pains [p<0.05]. It was, however, not correlated to age, geographical distribution, parity, time required for last delivery and perception of intensity of labour pains during last delivery [p>0.05]. Most of the Indian parturients still suffer from agony of labour pains due to lack of awareness. The awareness level needs to be improved about the availability of the labour analgesia service, as majority of them is keen to listen to the information provided. The involvement of obstetricians is crucial in this education program
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Base de dados: IMEMR Idioma: Inglês Revista: Anaesth. Pain Intensive Care Ano de publicação: 2012
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Base de dados: IMEMR Idioma: Inglês Revista: Anaesth. Pain Intensive Care Ano de publicação: 2012
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