Birth attendants’ attitudes and practice of companionship during facility-based childbirth and associated factors in the West Shoa Zone, central Ethiopia: A mixed method design

ABSTRACT:

Objectives:

The World Health Organization strongly recommends companion of choice for all women during health facility delivery. However, in the developing countries, it is low and not well studied in Ethiopia. Thus, the study aimed to assess the birth attendants’ attitude and practice of companionship during health facility-based childbirth and associated factors in the West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study design with a concurrent mixed method approach was employed from 17 August to 23 September 2021. A simple random sampling was used to collect data from 422 birth attendants using a pretested structured self-administered questionnaire. The data was entered into Epi-data 3.1 and exported to the Statistical Package for Social Sciences for analysis. B

SUBMITTER: Doba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134150 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature