RT Journal Article
T1 Coping Strategies during Childbirth Related to Cultural Identity: Companionship, Choice of Analgesia and Maternal Satisfaction.
A1 Navarro-Prado, Silvia
A1 Sánchez-Ojeda, María Angustías
A1 Plaza del Pino, Fernando Jesús
A1 Vázquez-Sánchez, María Ángeles
A1 Tovar-Gálvez, María Isabel
A1 Azirar-Mohamed, Nurimán
K1 Analgesia
K1 Parto - Aspectos culturales
AB Childbirth is a biological process and how it is experienced and managed is influenced by numerous factors, among them, socio-cultural or health care received. Objective: The objective of this study is to ascertain whether cultural factors influence the way in which women deal with childbirththrough the treatment of pain, companionship and maternal satisfaction. Methods: This study is a non-experimental, quantitative, ex post facto, cross-sectional study of women who gave birth ina border town in southern Spain. The sample consisted of 249 women. Results: No relationship was found between cultural factors and the choice of epidural analgesia, alternative methods toalleviate pain, being accompanied nor maternal satisfaction. There was a significant relationshipbetween the type of companionship and with maternal satisfaction. Conclusions: Cultural factors did not influence how women dealt with dilation and childbirth. Results found that the personaccompanying the mother was important for increasing maternal satisfaction. The intercultural training of healthcare professionals is necessary.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-06-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27100
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27100
LA eng
NO Navarro-Prado S, Sánchez-Ojeda MA, Plaza del Pino FJ, Vázquez-Sánchez MÁ, Tovar-Gálvez MI, Azirar-Mohamed N. Coping Strategies during Childbirth Related to Cultural Identity: Companionship, Choice of Analgesia and Maternal Satisfaction. Healthcare. 2023; 11(12):1714. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121714
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026