Spousal support during pregnancy in the Nigerian rural context: a mixed methods study

Pregnancy constitutes a global health concern, thus the need for spousal support during this period cannot be overemphasized. This study examined the kinds of support pregnant women expected and received from their spouses as well as the effect of such supports during pregnancy, labour, and delivery...

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Published in:BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2021-11, Vol.21 (1), p.772-772, Article 772
Main Authors: Arisukwu, O, Igbolekwu, C O, Oyekola, I A, Oyeyipo, E J, Asamu, F F, Osueke, O N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Childbirth & labor
Expected and received supports
Families & family life
Female
Health facilities
Humans
Husbands
Maternal & child health
Maternal Health - ethnology
Maternal mortality
Mixed methods research
Nigeria - ethnology
Polygamy
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women - ethnology
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural Population
Sample size
Sampling techniques
Social Support
Spousal support
Spouses
Womens health
women’s health and wellbeing
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Summary:Pregnancy constitutes a global health concern, thus the need for spousal support during this period cannot be overemphasized. This study examined the kinds of support pregnant women expected and received from their spouses as well as the effect of such supports during pregnancy, labour, and delivery. The study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. The respondents were selected using multistage and simple random sampling techniques. Findings showed that respondents expected and received maximum support from their spouses during pregnancy, labour, and delivery. Spiritual support such as praying and fasting was top of the kinds of support pregnant women expected and received from their husbands during pregnancy and delivery. Others include helping in house chores, financial provision, taking care of other children, accompanying to labour room, and sexual support. More than three-quarters of the respondents stated that maximum support from their husbands made pregnancy, labour, and delivery easier. Cramer's V showed that the association between support and husbands' occupation was 0.233 and Pearson Chi-square showed that the association was statistically significant χ2(2) = 27.894,p 
ISSN:1471-2393
1471-2393
DOI:10.1186/s12884-021-04135-3