ArticleInternational journal of women's health2017
Perceptions and practice of epidural analgesia among women attending antenatal clinic in FETHA.
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Analysis of the Incidence and Risk Factors of Epidural Analgesia Failure During Labor: A Prospective Multicenter Observational Study
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, AND UTILIZATION OF OBSTETRIC EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA FOR LABOUR PAIN MANAGEMENT: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL AT UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR TEACHING HOSPITAL.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2025Article
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- Knowledge and Attitudes towards Epidural Analgesia among Women of Childbearing Age in Jazan, Saudi Arabia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study to Identify Predictors through Multivariate Modeling.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association between the use of epidural analgesia during labour and incidence of postpartum depression.PloS one · 2023Observational
- Factors influencing the use of epidural labor analgesia: a cross-sectional survey analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
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- Allophone immigrant women's knowledge and perceptions of epidural analgesia for labour pain: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Childbirth Pain, Labor Epidural Analgesia, and Postpartum Depression: Recent Evidence and Future Directions.Journal of pain research · 2022Review
- Parturients' Stated Preferences for Labor Analgesia: A Discrete Choice Experiment.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
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- Perinatal depression.International anesthesiology clinics · 2021Article
- Epidural analgesia and related ethical issues among pregnant women: Literature review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
- Labor Pain, Analgesia, and Postpartum Depression: Are We Asking the Right Questions?Anesthesia and analgesia · 2020Article
- A comparison of the effects of ENTONOX inhalation and spinal anesthesia on labor pain reduction and apgar score in vaginal delivery: a clinical trial study.BioMedicine · 2018Article
- Knowledge Perception and Utilisation of Labour Analgesia Among Antenatal Clinic Attendees in a Tertiary Centre in Makurdi, North-Central Nigeria.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe pain of childbirth is arguably the most severe pain that most women will endure in their lifetime. Epidural analgesia is widely used as an effective method of pain relief in labor. It provides almost complete relief of pain if administered timely, and does not affect the progress of the first stage labor.
objectivesThe objective of this study was to determine the awareness and utilization of epidural analgesia in labor in pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA). METHODOLOGY: This is a cross-sectional study involving 350 women attending the antenatal clinic between April 2016 and July 2016. A total of 335 questionnaires were correctly completed, and used for analysis.
resultsThe average age and parity of the respondents were 27.6±8.2 years and 2.4±1.8, respectively. About 58.2% of respondents were civil servants, 98.5% were married, and 74.6% had a tertiary level of education. About 43.3% of the respondents are aware of the use of epidural analgesia in labor, but only 7.5% had used it; 95% of these were satisfied and desired to use it again. The reasons responsible for the poor uptake were desire to experience natural labor, cost, and fear of side effects. However, 70% of those who had not used it expressed the desire to use it.
conclusionEpidural analgesia is one of the most effective methods of pain relief in labor. However, the present study indicates that knowledge and practice of epidural analgesia among parturients are low. Efforts should be made to raise awareness, dispel misconceptions, and subsidize the cost of providing this invaluable care in modern day obstetrics.
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