A Study of The Attitude of Health Care Providers Working in Ganjavian Hospital in Dezful City towards Normal Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Section

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran

²Department of Midwifery, Home Care Research Center, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran

³Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran

⁴Master of Clinical Psychology, Ganjavian Hospital, Dezful, Iran

*Corresponding author: Mojgan Montazeriyan, Department of Midwifery, Home Care Research Center, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran, Tel: +98-9163474668; E-mail: [email protected].

Received Date: January 16, 2023

Published Date: February 16, 2023

Citation: Montazeriyan M, et al. (2023). A Study of The Attitude of Health Care Providers Working in Ganjavian Hospital in Dezful City towards Normal Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Section. Mathews J Gynecol Obstet. 7(1):24.

Copyrights: Montazeriyan M, et al. © (2023).

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Cesarean section is a common surgical intervention in the world. Caesarean birth is life-saving for mother and her newborn. However, overuse of it is a global health concern. The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of health care providers towards the mode of delivery. Methods: In this cross-sectional-analytical study, the study population consists of obstetricians, nurses and midwives working in labor wards, gynecological surgery wards and operating rooms of Ganjavian hospital in Dezful. After obtaining written consent, a questionnaire is available. They consisted of two parts: the first part included demographic information (age, sex, work or education history, marital status, type of delivery, number of children and history of abortion; stillbirth or infant death) and the second part included a questionnaire measuring attitudes toward The delivery was normal and cesarean section. The questionnaire used in this study is a standard questionnaire that was validated by Heidari et al. in 2014. SPSS software version 20 was used for data analysis. Student's t-test was used to evaluate the mean difference. Results: Out of 105 participants in the present study, 12 were obstetricians (11.4%), 21 were nurses (20%) and 70 (66.6%) were midwives. Findings of the study showed that the majority of obstetricians (91.7%) and the majority of midwives (87.1%) and most nurses (87.5%) had a neutral attitude towards cesarean section. None of the obstetricians and nurses had a positive attitude towards cesarean section. Physicians had a more neutral attitude towards cesarean section than nurses and midwives. Nurses did not have a negative attitude towards normal vaginal delivery. In addition, midwives had a more positive attitude towards normal vaginal delivery than doctors and nurses. Conclusion: It seems that different attitudes towards the mode of delivery can be confusing for pregnant women. A prerequisite for a safe delivery is a close working relationship between the obstetrician and midwife/nurse.

Keywords: Attitude, Midwife, Obstetrician, Nurse, Mode of Delivery, Health Care Providers.