Satisfaction in childbirth and perceptions of personal control in pain relief during labour

Satisfaction in childbirth and perceptions of personal control in pain relief during labour¶Satisfaction in childbirth is influenced by individual and environmental factors. Of specific interest in this study is the extent to which women feel that they have been able to control what happened to them...

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Published in:Journal of advanced nursing 1999-04, Vol.29 (4), p.877-884
Main Authors: McCrea, B. Hally, Wright, Marion E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Analgesia, Obstetrical - psychology
Analgesia, Obstetrical - statistics & numerical data
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled - psychology
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled - statistics & numerical data
Childbirth
Childbirth & labor
Decision making
Demography
education
Epidural
expectations of pain
Factors
Female
Humans
Hypnotherapy
Labor, Obstetric - psychology
labour pain
Maternal child nursing
maternity services
Northern Ireland
Nursing
Pain
pain relief
parity
Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data
Personal control
Pregnancy
Psychology, Social
Relief
Satisfaction
social class
Social classes
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching hospitals
Women
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Summary:Satisfaction in childbirth and perceptions of personal control in pain relief during labour¶Satisfaction in childbirth is influenced by individual and environmental factors. Of specific interest in this study is the extent to which women feel that they have been able to control what happened to them during labour. The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of personal control on women's satisfaction with pain relief during labour. A questionnaire‐based retrospective study of women's pain experiences within 48 hours of delivery was carried out on the postnatal ward of one teaching hospital in Northern Ireland. One hundred women who had had a vaginal delivery consented to take part in the study. Two main measures were used in the study; personal control in and satisfaction with pain relief during labour. The key finding of this study indicates that feelings of personal control influenced positively the women's satisfaction with pain relief during labour. Demographic and other psycho‐social variables had little impact on the women's satisfaction scores. These findings have implications for clinical practice and for the management of maternity services and are discussed.
ISSN:0309-2402
1365-2648
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00961.x