Maternal Satisfaction at Vaginal Birth: Mother Friendly Hospital Example

Abstract

The satisfaction and experience of women who deliver vaginally needs to be considered if we aim to decrease the number of caesarean births.This study aimed to compare the satisfaction of mothers with vaginal births in Mother-Friendly and non-Mother-Friendly hospitals. This descriptive study was conducted at four public hospitals in Manisa, Turkey. Two hundred and fifteen mothers from four hospitals (two Mother-Friendly, two non-Mother-Friendly) who had vaginal births were included in this study. The data were collected by using a “Mother’s Information Form”, “The Scale for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction–Normal Birth (SMMSnormal birth)”. The mothers who had given birth in Mother-Friendly hospitals had an age average of 26.29±4.66 years and non-Mother-Friendly hospitals 27.28± 5.69 years. There was no significant difference between the groups in these traits (p>0.05). The mean maternal satisfaction score at Mother-Friendly hospitals was 176.04±24.83 and at non-Mother-Friendly hospitals was
156.90±25.72. There was a significant difference in maternal satisfaction women delivering at Mother-Friendly and the non-Mother-Friendly hospitals (t= 5.492, p=0.000). The level of satisfaction of the mothers who gave birth in Mother-Friendly hospitals was significantly higher. Mother-friendly hospital practices increase the satisfaction levels of mothers.