The childbirth care from the perspective of primiparous mothers and health professionals
International Journal of Development Research
The childbirth care from the perspective of primiparous mothers and health professionals
Received 14th March, 2018; Received in revised form 26th April, 2018; Accepted 19th May, 2018; Published online 28th June, 2018
Copyright © 2018, 1Jozivalda Venâncio Caitano dos Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To characterize the care during labor and childbirth in the perspective of primiparous mothers and health professionals. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional study, conducted from April to September 2014 with 26 professionals in the obstetric center and 165 puerperal women at the Hospital de Clínicas de Pernambuco. Percentage frequencies were calculated, comparison of proportions, and application of the Chi-square test. Results: Prevalent puerperal women’s age range 18-24 years (70.3%), deliveries performed by physicians (53.3%), assisted by nurses (7.3%). Venoclysis (97.9%), received episiotomy (11.5%), breastfed in the delivery room (30.3%). Routinary use of the partogram (69.2%), use of oxytocin to induce labor, 3.8% sometimes performing Kristeller maneuver. Conclusion: The perception of puerperal women under the childbirth care differed from from the perception of professionals due to practices not recommended by the Ministry of Health that are still used. In this way, it is necessary to rethink strategies to make these professionals that assist women in childbirth aware.
