Quality of Respectful Maternal Care Practices in Delivery Room at AL- Zahra Teaching Hospital

Abstract

Background: The concept of respectful maternity care respectful maternity care acknowledges that women’s experiences of childbirth are vital components of health care quality and that their “autonomy, dignity, feelings, choices, and preferences must be respected.

Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive to Assess quality of respectful maternal care in delivery room and to find out relationship between quality of respectful maternal care   in delivery room with their demographic data (, the period of the study is from December, 1^st, 2022 to May, 23^th, 2023. A non-probability (Purposive sample) sample of one hundred fourteen (114) women who are attended Zahra teaching hospital. Data analysis by using descriptive statistics (percentage, frequency & mean of score) and inferential statistics (Chi-Square).    

Results: The study show majority of study subjects from urban area and housewife and there was a significant association between number of children and abuse free care domains

Conclusion: The researcher can conclude that responses of postpartum women related to abuse and discrimination were disagree.

Recommendations: Recommendations about care of episiotomy and put them in the delivery rooms of hospitals, emphasizing audio-visual mass media to publishing information about perineal care after episiotomy and Health providers in hospitals and health centers should educate women about perineal care after episiotomy during antenatal visit.