Woman’s Needs and Satisfaction Regarding the Communication With Doctors and Midwives During Labour, Delivery and Early Postpartum

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202101.0205.v1
• Publication Date: 2021-01-12T10:30:55Z
• Authors: Barbara Baranowska; Paulina Pawlicka; Iwona Kiersnowska; Alicja Misztal; Anna Kajdy; Dorota Sys; Antonina Doroszewska
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 5. Gender equality; communication; quality of care; satisfaction; biochemistry; childbirth; Article; 3. Good health

The study aims to identify the difference in communication needs of women giving birth and during puerperium. An additional goal includes analysis experience through context a woman's approach childbirth. is prospective, cross-sectional, self-report survey. 521 between 5 10 days after participated study. Women perceived information provided by medical staff as most helpful aspect verbal both labour Maintaining eye contact with was non-verbal communication. were more satisfied than maternity ward those non-instrumental childbirth compared instrumental group. perceiving natural, physiological process considered less risky requiring interventions. results emphasize importance puerperium different early postpartum. It also showed that who perceive seem be dependent on accept interventions necessary.