Studying the effect of implementing the World Health Organization's labor and delivery management program on improving mothers' experience and satisfaction of childbirth
Atefeh Kamrani, Mina Iravani, Parvin Abedi, Mahin Najafian, Shahla Khosravi, N Alianmoghaddam, Bahman CheraghianBACKGROUND:
The experiences that women gain from the childbirth process are considered as one of the important childbirth outcomes. On the other hand, one of the important factors for deciding on the next pregnancy is the type of experience gained from the previous childbirth. Having a negative experience and dissatisfaction with the previous childbirth reduces the likelihood of deciding to have another pregnancy. Adding woman-centered care, including safe childbirth checklist, can play an important role in satisfaction with childbirth and the childbirth experience. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effect of the labor and delivery management program on the experience and satisfaction of vaginal delivery.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
This clinical trial study was conducted on 940 women (two groups of 470) with gestational age less than 37 weeks, who were hospitalized for vaginal or cesarean delivery in 2022. Twenty-five 1-h sessions were allocated to train care providers by the principal investigator. Within 48 h after delivery, the McKay Childbirth Satisfaction Questionnaire and after at least one month after delivery, the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire, version 2.0, were completed by mothers who had given birth in the intervention and control groups and by research assistants. Finally, the data were analyzed with SPSS software.
RESULTS:
The results of the independent
CONCLUSION:
The Labor and Delivery Management Program, using the World Health Organization checklist, was able to increase pregnant mothers' satisfaction with the birth process and create a positive experience for them. Achieving these outcomes increased mothers' desire to have another child.