Opinions Of Midwives And Obstetricians About The Episiotomy
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Objectives:The study has been conducted as a descriptive document to determine the opinions of midwife and obstetricians about episiotomy Methods:Research population consisted of 48 midwife and 45 obstetricians who have been working in birth clinics at Kocaeli between November and December 2007. Research data had been collected in a form containing 27 different negative and positive statements constructed about episiotomy by making use of literature and observations.Data collected has been analysed by use of SPSS software. Results: It was seen that 95.8 % of midwife and 77. 8 % of obstetricians are agree with the idea that episiotomy application is a part of normal birth (p<0.05). It was concluded that 85. 4 % of midwife and 64, 4 % of obstetricians are agree with the idea that perineum should be shaved for the woman to whom episiotomy will be applied. It was established that all of midwife (100 %) an 88.9 % of the obstetricians are agree with the idea that anesthetic substances should be given before suturing the perineum. It was determined that 81.3 % of midwife and 62.2 % ofobstetricians aren’t agree with the idea that the increase of episiotomy applications can result from insufficiency of midwife and obstetricians about non- pharmacological applications (p<0.05). Also it was determined that 37. 5 % of midwife and 64.4 % of obstetricians are agree with the idea that the birth by enlarging episiotomy become a frequent application used by midwife and obstetricians because it gives an opportunity to save more time (p<0.05). Conclusion:Midwives and obstetricians should be remedied ofthe misconceptions and lack of knowledge about episiotomy with in-service training programs.
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Nafiye Celebi MSc, Handan Guler PhD
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