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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2019

Utilization of the partograph and its associated factors among obstetric care providers in the Eastern zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2017: a cross-sectional study.

Guesh Welu Gebreslassie, Desta Abraha Weldegeorges, Natneal Etsay Assefa, Berhanu Gebresilassie Gebrehiwot, Senait Gebreslasie Gebremeskel, Betell Berhane Tafere, Gdiom Gebreheat, Tesfay Tsegay Gebru, Dessalegn Kiros, Kidanemaryam Berhe Tekola and 1 more

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Guesh Welu GebreslassieDepartment of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia.
Desta Abraha WeldegeorgesDepartment of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Natneal Etsay AssefaDepartment of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Berhanu Gebresilassie GebrehiwotDepartment of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Senait Gebreslasie GebremeskelDepartment of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Betell Berhane TafereDepartment of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Gdiom GebreheatDepartments of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Tesfay Tsegay GebruDepartments of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Dessalegn KirosDepartments of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Kidanemaryam Berhe TekolaDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Tsehaynesh Gidey WelesamuelDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia.

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introductionthe partograph is a pre-printed paper form used in monitoring the progress labor. It was initially introduced by Philpot; and endorsed by the World Health Organization as a simple and accurate instrument for early recognition of complications of labor. Our study was conducted to evaluate the utilization of the partograph and associated factors among obstetric care providers in the Eastern zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia 2017.

methodsa cross-sectional study was conducted in the Eastern zone of Tigray. Four hundred and fourteen participants were randomly selected from the Eastern zone weredas (districts). Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The data were entered into epi data version 3.5 and exported to SPSS V-20 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate analysis were done to determine the association between a dependent variable and independent variables at P-value <0.05.

resultsof the 406 obstetric care providers, 83% of them had utilized the partograph to monitor labor. In addition, utilization of the partograph were statistically associated with being female (AOR=2.09, 95%CI= (1.11, 3.93), age group of 20-25 (AOR=0.25, 95%CI= (0.07, 0.88), being a diplomat midwives (AOR=0.01, 95%CI= (0.00, 0.28)) and having qualified from pre-service training (AOR=0.01, 95%CI= (0.02, 0.05)).

conclusionparticipants' utilization of the partograph was generally good. However, most of them were using it incorrectly. Age, gender, level of educational, year of qualification from pre-service training were the variables that showed association with the utilization of the partograph. The provision of on-the-job training on the partograph is recommended to improve partograph utilization.

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AdultAge FactorsCross-Sectional StudiesEthiopiaFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansInservice TrainingLabor, ObstetricMaleMidwiferyObstetric Labor ComplicationsPregnancySex FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesUterine MonitoringEthiopiaobstetric care providerspartographutilization

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