Midwives' knowledge and practice of Respectful Maternity Care: a survey from Iran.
Knowledge
Maternity care
Midwifery
Practice
Respect
Journal
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
ISSN: 1471-2393
Titre abrégé: BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100967799
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 Oct 2022
05 Oct 2022
Historique:
received:
10
04
2022
accepted:
14
09
2022
revised:
06
09
2022
entrez:
5
10
2022
pubmed:
6
10
2022
medline:
12
10
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In the past decade, countries worldwide aimed to evaluate the quality of childbirth care and reduce the high rates of disrespect and abuse during childbirth. Few studies have attempted to identify providers' characteristics associated with respectful maternity care quantitatively. This study aims to evaluate midwives' knowledge and practice of respectful maternity care (RMC). A cross-sectional study was carried out in 15 teaching and non-teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. The hospitals were selected by using a cluster sampling design. Midwives' Knowledge and Practice of Respectful Maternity Care scale (MKP-RMC) was administered to 250 midwives working in maternity units at study hospitals. The data were analysed by statistics package for social science (SPSS, version 21.0, Chicago, IL). Findings demonstrated that the mean score for knowledge and practice of midwives were 20.96 ± 3.54 and 101.64 ± 11.49, respectively. Also, in both knowledge and practice scales, midwives had the highest score in "providing safe care' domain and the lowest score in "preventing mistreatment" domain. Our findings showed that for Iranian midwives, providing care to preserve mothers' and their babies' wellbeing is more critical than preventing maternal mistreatment, resulting from the importance of the care provision in the Iranian healthcare system. Promoting midwives' knowledge and practice through developing a tailored educational program to prevent mistreatment and providing emotional support alongside physical care is recommended.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
In the past decade, countries worldwide aimed to evaluate the quality of childbirth care and reduce the high rates of disrespect and abuse during childbirth. Few studies have attempted to identify providers' characteristics associated with respectful maternity care quantitatively. This study aims to evaluate midwives' knowledge and practice of respectful maternity care (RMC).
METHODS
METHODS
A cross-sectional study was carried out in 15 teaching and non-teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. The hospitals were selected by using a cluster sampling design. Midwives' Knowledge and Practice of Respectful Maternity Care scale (MKP-RMC) was administered to 250 midwives working in maternity units at study hospitals. The data were analysed by statistics package for social science (SPSS, version 21.0, Chicago, IL).
RESULTS
RESULTS
Findings demonstrated that the mean score for knowledge and practice of midwives were 20.96 ± 3.54 and 101.64 ± 11.49, respectively. Also, in both knowledge and practice scales, midwives had the highest score in "providing safe care' domain and the lowest score in "preventing mistreatment" domain.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings showed that for Iranian midwives, providing care to preserve mothers' and their babies' wellbeing is more critical than preventing maternal mistreatment, resulting from the importance of the care provision in the Iranian healthcare system. Promoting midwives' knowledge and practice through developing a tailored educational program to prevent mistreatment and providing emotional support alongside physical care is recommended.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36199103
doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05065-4
pii: 10.1186/s12884-022-05065-4
pmc: PMC9535863
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
752Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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