Maternal Satisfaction during COVID-19 Pandemic Birthing: A Cross-sectional Study
Maternal Satisfaction and Pandemic Birthing
Abstract
The birth pandemic has created major challenges to the quality and efficiency of health care systems, maternity care providers and women’s childbirth experiences. This study was conducted to determine maternal satisfaction with intrapartum care and its relationship with intrapartum mothers in a teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 300 intrapartum women using systematic random sampling. Maternal satisfaction was examined using 26-item questionnaires with a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.88. Data were analysed using SPSS version 26. The results of this study showed that the majority of respondents were between the ages of 31 and 36 years, Malay, housewives (93.8%), had secondary education (93.1%), and had an income between RM4000 and RM4999 per month (97.6%). In addition, the results of the study found that 94.7% of respondents had a high level of satisfaction with intrapartum care, and 86.7% had a positive overall perception of intrapartum care. In addition, a weak but significant positive correlation was found between maternal satisfaction and mother’s perception of intrapartum nursing care (r = 0.371; p ≤ 0.001). Understanding the mother’s satisfaction with intrapartum care can help to optimise her well-being and prepare her for infant care.
Keywords :
Intrapartum care,
maternal satisfaction,
pandemic birthing,
Abstrak
Kelahiran pandemik telah mewujudkan cabaran besar terhadap kualiti dan kecekapan sistem kesihatan, anggota kesihatan di unit kesihatan ibu, dan pengalaman kelahiran oleh wanita. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menentukan kepuasan ibu terhadap penjagaan intrapartum dan hubungannya dalam kalangan ibu intrapartum di hospital pengajar di Kuala Lumpur. Kajian keratan rentas ini dijalankan ke atas 300 wanita intrapartum dengan menggunakan persampelan rawak sistematik. Kepuasan ibu dikaji menggunakan 26-item soal selidik dengan nilai alfa Cronbach sebanyak 0.88. Data dianalisis menggunakan SPSS versi 26. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan majoriti responden terdiri daripada mereka yang berumur antara 31 hingga 36 tahun (94.4%), Melayu (95%), suri rumah (93.8%), berpendidikan menengah (93.1%), dan mempunyai pendapatan antara RM4,000.00 dan RM4,999.00 sebulan (97.6%). Selain itu, hasil kajian mendapati bahawa 94.7% responden mempunyai tahap kepuasan yang tinggi dengan penjagaan intrapartum, dan 86.7% mempunyai persepsi keseluruhan yang positif terhadap penjagaan intrapartum. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat korelasi positif yang lemah tetapi signifikan antara kepuasan ibu dengan persepsi ibu terhadap penjagaan kejururawatan intrapartum (r = 0.371; p ≤ 0.001). Memahami kepuasan ibu terhadap penjagaan intrapartum boleh membantu dalam mengoptimumkan kesejahteraannya dan menyediakannya untuk penjagaan bayi.
Kata Kunci :
Kelahiran pandemik,
kepuasan ibu, penjagaan intrapartum,
Correspondance Address
Siti Zuhaida Hussein. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +6018-2055211 Email: zuhaida_hussein@ukm.edu.my
