Healthcare worker and nonhealthcare worker mothers' experiences of vaginal examination in labour and their views on birth satisfaction

Abstract

Objective: Birth satisfaction is an extremely important issue for both the woman's own health, the health of the baby, and positive family relationships. This study was conducted to reveal the opinions of healthcare and nonhealthcare worker mothers about vaginal examination during labor and their birth satisfaction. Materials and Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional and comparative study consisted of 408 mothers who gave vaginal birth between the ages of 18-45. Demographic Information Form, Birth Satisfaction Scale-Short Form, and Women's Vaginal Examination Experiences at Birth Scale were used to collect data. Independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA and one-way MANOVA were used to analyze the data. Results: Birth satisfaction and vaginal examination experience were found to be associated with education level, occupation, number of pregnancies, number of live births, antenatal education, number of vaginal examinations in the last delivery, the person who performed the vaginal examination, the person who delivered the baby and the interventions performed during delivery (amniotomy, artificial labour, fundal pressure, intervention delivery) (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was observed that mothers who were health care workers had more positive vaginal examination experiences during trauma and higher birth satisfaction than mothers who were not health care workers (p<0.05).

Keywords

• Birth
• Birth Experience
• Satisfaction
• Vaginal Examination

Sağlık Çalışanı Olan ve Olmayan Annelerin Travayda Yapılan Vajinal Muayene Hakkındaki Görüşleri ve Doğum Memnuniyetleri

Abstract

Amaç: Doğum memnuniyeti hem kadının kendi sağlığı hem bebeğin sağlığı hem de olumlu aile ilişkileri açısından son derece önemli bir konudur. Bu çalışma, sağlık çalışanı olan ve olmayan annelerin travayda vajinal muayeneye ilişkin görüşlerini ve doğum memnuniyetlerini ortaya koymak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Kesitsel ve karşılaştırmalı olan bu çalışmanın örneklemini 18-45 yaş aralığında vajinal doğum yapan 408 anne oluşturmuştur. Veri toplamak için Demografik Bilgi Formu, Doğum Memnuniyet Ölçeği-Kısa Formu ve Kadınların Travayda Vajinal Muayene Deneyimleri Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde bağımsız örneklem t-testi, tek yönlü ANOVA ve tek yönlü MANOVA analizi uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: Doğum memnuniyeti ve vajinal muayene deneyiminin; eğitim seviyesi, meslek, gebelik sayısı, canlı doğum sayısı, antenatal eğitim, son doğumda vajinal muayene sayısı, deneyimi ve vajinal muayeneyi yapan kişi, doğumu yaptıran kişi ve doğumda uygulanan girişimler (amniyotomi, suni sancı, fundal basınç, müdahaleli doğum) ile ilişkili olduğu bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Sonuç: Sağlık çalışanı olan annelerin, sağlık çalışanı olmayan annelere göre travayda vajinal muayene deneyimlerinin daha olumlu ve doğum memnuniyetlerinin daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür (p<0.05).

Keywords

• Doğum
• Doğum Deneyimi
• Memnuniyet
• Vajinal Muayene

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