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Perception of humanized childbirth in patients in the puerperium period
Osvaldo García-Torres1, Alejandra Félix-Ortega2, Andrea Socorro Álvarez-Villaseñor3
1Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital General de Zona con Unidad de Medicina Familiar No. 1, Coordinación Clínica de Educación e Investigación en Salud, Baja California Sur, México.
Background:
The patient’s perception of humanized childbirth care is important to identify and avoid data suggestive of obstetric violence, which is all conduct, action or omission, performed by health personnel that affect the body and the reproductive processes of women, expressed in dehumanized treatment.
Objective:
To know the level of perception of humanized childbirth in patients in the postpartum period in the OB-Gyn Service at the Hospital General de Zona No. 1 from the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Material And Methods:
Observational study in 190 patients in the immediate puerperium. Demographic variables were measured and the level of perception of humanized delivery was analyzed (inadequate: 18-32 points; regular: 35-53 points; adequate: 54-72 points). Descriptive statistics and association measures were used. Informed written consent of the participants was signed and authorized with the registration number R-2018-301-020.
Results:
The overall perception of humanized delivery was inadequate in 56.8%, regular in 34.7% and adequate in 8.4%.
Conclusion:
The perception of humanized childbirth in patients who are in immediate postpartum in our hospital is inappropriate, since they were not provided with the appropriate guidance, information on pain management, choosing a position of labor, and having the possibility that a companion is present during the process.
