Women's hospital birth experiences in Harar, eastern Ethiopia: a qualitative study using Roy's Adaptation Model.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to explore women's birth in public hospitals in the Harari Region of eastern Ethiopia.

Design

An exploratory phenomenological qualitative study design was used.

Setting

Two public hospitals (Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital and Jugal General Hospital).

Participants and methods

The study enrolled women who gave birth at the selected hospitals through purposive sampling. We conducted in-depth interviews with 38 women who gave birth to singleton, full-term babies via vaginal delivery (47%; n=18) or caesarean section (53%; n=20) with no pregnancy-related complications. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed on the spot and the interviews were analysed using a deductive content analysis approach. Data were analyse

SUBMITTER: Tefera M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272130 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature