Obstetric violence and its associated factors among postnatal women in a Specialized Comprehensive Hospital, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Obstetric violence is an often overlooked obstacle to quality maternal health care service utilization. In the study setting, there was limited evidence on obstetric violence. Hence, this study aimed at assessing the prevalence and associated factors of obstetric violence among women who gave birth in Gondar University Specialized Comprehensive Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.

Results

A total of 409 women had been participated in the study with a response rate of 100%. Three in four (75.1%) women reported that they had been subjected to at least one form of obstetric violence during labor and delivery with 95% CI (70.9-79.0). The reported forms of obstetric violence include non-consented care-260 (63.6%), non-dignified care-226 (55.3%), physical abuse-192 (46.9%), non

SUBMITTER: Mihret MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751597 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature