Al-Mandeel Hazem Mahmoud, Almufleh Auroabah Saad, Al-Damri Al-Jawhara Talal, Al-Bassam Dana Ahmed, Hajr Eman Abdullah, Bedaiwi Nora Ahmed, Alshehri Sara Mohammad
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Saudi Med. 2013 Jan-Feb;33(1):28-33. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2013.28.
Despite the known benefits of support during chilbirth, most hospitals in Saudi Arabia do not allow a companion during labor. This can be due to cultural beliefs among pregnant Saudi women. The aims of this study are to describe Saudi women's preferences towards supportive companions during labor and to explore their attitudes and knowledge about the importance of support during childbirth.
Prospective cohort study conducted in three governmental tertiary hospitals within Riyadh.
Women who consented were interviewed during their postpartum hospital stay using a validated standardized Arabic questionnaire. Participants were asked about their preferences and attitudes towards companions during childbirth, as well as about their knowledge on the importance of such support.
Of 402 women who participated in the study, 182 women (45.3%) preferred the presence of a companion during childbirth and only 57 of all interviewed women (14.2%) had ever had a supportive companion during any of their previous childbirths. The mother (58%) or husband (51%) was the most preferred person as a childbirth companion. Age, level of educational, or antenatal, intrapartum or postpartum status had no impact on their decision. However, women who had some sort of antenatal educational classes and/or read educational material about childbirth were more likely to prefer support during labor. More than one-third of participants (35.9%) thought that having a companion as support during labor would not help, but the most common reason for not preferring to have a companion was their fear of being exposed most of the time to their companion (64.1%).
A significant percentage of surveyed Saudi women preferred not to have a supportive companion during childbirth. The reason might be a lack of understanding of the positive role of a companion during childbirth or because of cultural beliefs. Education of women during their antenatal care about the importance and the implementation of such a practice are warranted.
尽管分娩期间获得支持有诸多益处，但沙特阿拉伯的大多数医院不允许产妇在分娩时有陪伴人员。这可能是由于沙特孕妇的文化信仰所致。本研究的目的是描述沙特女性在分娩期间对支持性陪伴人员的偏好，并探讨她们对分娩期间支持的重要性的态度和认知。
在利雅得的三家政府三级医院进行的前瞻性队列研究。
同意参与的女性在产后住院期间使用经过验证的标准化阿拉伯语问卷接受访谈。参与者被问及她们在分娩期间对陪伴人员的偏好和态度，以及她们对这种支持的重要性的认知。
在参与研究的402名女性中，182名女性（45.3%）希望在分娩时有陪伴人员，而在所有接受访谈的女性中，只有57名（14.2%）在之前的任何一次分娩中曾有过支持性陪伴人员。母亲（58%）或丈夫（51%）是最受欢迎的分娩陪伴人选。年龄、教育程度或产前、产时或产后状况对她们的决定没有影响。然而，参加过某种产前教育课程和/或阅读过分娩相关教育材料的女性更有可能希望在分娩时有支持。超过三分之一的参与者（35.9%）认为分娩时有陪伴人员并无帮助，但不希望有陪伴人员的最常见原因是她们担心大部分时间会被陪伴人员看到（64.1%）。
相当比例的接受调查的沙特女性在分娩时不希望有支持性陪伴人员。原因可能是对陪伴人员在分娩期间的积极作用缺乏了解，或者是由于文化信仰。有必要在产前护理期间对女性进行关于这种做法的重要性和实施方法的教育。
