Factors That Influence Women's Satisfaction with Peripartum Care

The book is based on research about factors that influence women's satisfaction with peripartum care at Germiston Bertha Gxowa Hospital maternity unit, Gauteng, South Africa. A cross sectional descriptive study was done over 2 months among 260 women during their post partum third day review. A structured questionnaire was used to gather information on :pain relief, privacy, cleanliness of environment , information sharing during labour by doctors nurse's/midwives and participation in decision making about their care. The results showed that 68% of women were not satisfied with pain relief given during labour. Fifty five percent of women were dissatisfied with information given to them by the doctors in contrast to 63% of women who were satisfied with the information from the nurses. There was 73% dissatisfaction with their involvement in their care . In contrast most women 84 % were satisfied with privacy and 90% with cleanliness of the ward. The was no association between the level of satisfaction and the various factors.