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Prevalence of disrespect and abuse of women during child birth and associated factors in Bahir Dar town, Ethiopia.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Respectful maternity care and intersectional identities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
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- Disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth at health facilities in Eastern Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Disrespect and abuse of women during the process of childbirth at health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC international health and human rights · 2020Pooled it
- Disrespect and Abuse during Childbirth in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
- Disrespectful and abusive behavior during childbirth and maternity care in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC research notes · 2019Pooled it
- Mistreatment during childbirth and its associated factors during facility-based childbirth in public health facilities of Ilubabor Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Article
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- Disrespect and abuse during childbirth and associated factors among women: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Respectful maternity care and associated factors among mothers who gave birth at public health institutions in Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- The mistreatment of women during maternity care and its association with the maternal continuum of care in health facilities.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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- A critical review: developing a birth integrity framework for epidemiological studies through meta-ethnography.BMC women's health · 2023Review
- Level and correlates of disrespect and abuse among newborns in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Pregnant Women's Views Regarding Maternity Facility-Based Delivery at Primary Health Care Facilities in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Obstetric Violence among Pregnant Jordanian Women: An Observational Study between the Private and Public Hospitals in Jordan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Understanding variation in person-centered maternity care: Results from a household survey of postpartum women in 6 regions of Ethiopia.AJOG global reports · 2023Article
- Disrespect and abuse during childbirth in East Hararghe Zone public health facilities, eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Validation of the person-centered maternity care scale at governmental health facilities in Cambodia.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesDisrespect and abuse are an often-unacknowledged cause of maternal mortality and morbidity globally. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth at a health facility in the town of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
methodsIn this community-based cross-sectional study, 422 mothers were interviewed from March 1 to 30, 2017 using a systematic random sampling technique with the kth value of 23 calculated based on the number of households in each sub-city and the expected sample size from sub-cities. Data were collected using a structured face-to-face interview questionnaire. EpiData version 3.1 was used to code and enter data, which were analyzed using SPSS version 22. Descriptive statistics were calculated for each variable, and binary logistic regression analysis with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was carried out to determine the associations between predictor variables and outcome variables.
resultsA total of 410 women participated in the study, with a response rate of 97.2%. The overall prevalence of disrespect and abuse was 67.1% (95% CI, 63.0 to 72.0). Disrespect and abuse were more prevalent in women with a monthly income less than 2,000 Ethiopian birr (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.74; 95% CI, 1.08 to 2.80), mothers who stayed in a health facility after delivery (aOR, 5.14; 95% CI, 2.23 to 11.82), those who received care at a governmental hospital (aOR, 2.49; 95% CI, 1.15 to 5.40), and those who attended fewer than 4 antenatal care visits (aOR, 1.97; 95% CI, 1.15 to 3.40).
conclusionsThe prevalence of disrespect and abuse was high in this study setting. To decrease the prevalence of this phenomenon, appropriate interventions should be designed, focusing on increasing the number of antenatal care visits, increasing the incomes of mothers, and improving the relationship between health workers and mothers during mothers' stay at health facilities.
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