Managing the pain of labour: factors associated with the use of labour pain management for pregnant Australian women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite high rates of women's use of intrapartum pain management techniques, little is known about the factors that influence such use.

Objective

Examine the determinants associated with women's use of labour pain management.

Design

Cross-sectional survey of a substudy of women from the 'young' cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health (ALSWH).

Setting and participants

Women aged 31-35 years who identified as being pregnant or recently given birth in the 2009 ALSWH survey (n = 2445) were recruited for the substudy. The substudy survey was completed by 1835 women (RR = 79.2%).

Main variables studied

Determinants examined included pregnancy health and maternity care [including complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)] for

SUBMITTER: Steel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5060859 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature