Department of Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.
Ghana Med J. 2022 Jun;56(2):110-116. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v56i2.8.
To ascertain the prevalence and pattern of reported facility-based disrespect and abuse of women during labour in Abia State, South-East, Nigeria.
A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study.
One urban and one rural healthcare facility in Abia State- Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia and Nigerian Christian Hospital (NCH) Nlagu, respectively.
A total of 312 women who were recently delivered of their babies in the two facilities in Abia State and attending postnatal clinics were sampled for the survey.
Disrespect and abuse D&A) during labour among women who give birth in healthcare facilities in Abia State.
In all, over half (54.5%) of the women experienced disrespect and abuse in Abia State (50% urban and 63.5% in rural areas). The commonest form of disrespect and abuse was non-confidential care (22.9%). The commonest disrespectful and abusive care received was lack of privacy in the labour ward (18.3%).
The study recorded a high prevalence of reported facility-based disrespect and abuse of women during delivery in Abia State. Training and re-training healthcare providers to promote respectful care, advocacy to policy makers and healthcare stakeholders on the development of respectful maternal care policies and further research in the area are needed.
No funding was obtained for this study.
确定在尼日利亚东南部阿比亚州，报告的医疗机构中对产妇在分娩过程中受到的不尊重和虐待的普遍程度和模式。
一项基于问卷调查的横断面研究。
阿比亚州的一家城市医疗保健机构和一家农村医疗保健机构——分别是乌穆阿希亚的联邦医疗中心和尼日利亚基督教医院（NCH）。
共对阿比亚州这两家医疗机构中最近分娩的 312 名妇女进行了抽样调查，她们正在参加产后诊所。
阿比亚州医疗机构中分娩妇女在分娩过程中受到的不尊重和虐待（D&A）情况。
共有超过一半（54.5%）的妇女在阿比亚州经历了不尊重和虐待（城市地区为 50%，农村地区为 63.5%）。最常见的不尊重和虐待形式是非保密护理（22.9%）。最常见的不尊重和虐待护理是分娩病房缺乏隐私（18.3%）。
该研究记录了在阿比亚州医疗机构中分娩过程中报告的对妇女的不尊重和虐待发生率很高。需要对医疗保健提供者进行培训和再培训，以促进尊重性护理，向政策制定者和医疗保健利益相关者宣传制定尊重产妇护理政策的必要性，并在该领域开展进一步的研究。
本研究未获得任何资金支持。
