ArticleInternational journal of women's health2021
Labor Companionship in Labor and Delivery at Debremarkos Town Public Health Facilities: Magnitude and Associated Factors.
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- Prevalence, indications, and outcomes of operative vaginal deliveries among mothers who gave birth in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Pooled it
- Labor Companion Support, Women-Centered Care, and Childbirth Preparation in Relation to Psychological Birth Trauma: A Cross-Sectional SEM Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio predicts hematoma expansion and poor outcomes in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.BMC neurology · 2026Article
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- Obstetric Care Providers' Practices and Associated Factors Towards Birth Companionship in Public Hospitals of South Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2025.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
- Labor companionship utilization and healthcare providers perceptions in Gondar public health facilities: a mixed method study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Relationship between the anxiety of labor companion and labor satisfaction among laboring women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- "It shows that I belong": a qualitative study assessing birth companionship of choice in a maternity clinic in Freetown, Sierra Leone.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of person-centered intervention on obstetric violence during facility-based childbirth among women who delivered in public hospitals in Southwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- The role and effect of companions during childbirth in Oman.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Observational
- Desire for labor companionship and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Debre Berhan City: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Utilization of birth companionship and its associated factors among laboring mothers during facilities birth in sub-Saharan Africa. Systematic review and meta-analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2024Review
- From global recommendations to (in)action: A scoping review of the coverage of companion of choice for women during labour and birth.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Desire for Birth Companionship Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Debremarkos City, Northwest Ethiopia: Magnitude and Associated Factors.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
- Companionship care and associated factors among childbirth women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in reproductive healthReview
- Perception of childbirth companion presence and its determinants among maternity care providers in Southwest Ethiopia: Mixed-method study.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundLabor companionship is a human interactive process that provides social support during the childbirth process. Despite it being one component of respectful maternity care (RMC) that is used for quality assurance to achieve the sustainable goal of maternal and neonatal mortality reduction, there is limited evidence about the current status of birth companionship. The study was aimed to assess labor companion and its associated factors at Debremarkos town public health facilities.
methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted. The study was conducted at Debremarkos town from February 1/2021 to March 30/2021. From the 559 sample size, 548 women participated in the study. A systematic random sampling technique was used. A pre-tested interviewer-administered questioner was used, data were entered and analyzed with Epi-data version 4.60 and SPSS version 25.0. Bivariable regression was done and variables with p-value </= 0.20 were analyzed with multivariable logistic regression. Variables with p-value </= 0.05 were considered significantly associated with labor companionship. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit was checked and all multi-collinearity of variables with variance inflation factors (VIF) up to 10 was tolerated.
resultsA total of 548 participants were involved in the study with a 98.03% response rate. The magnitude of labor companionship was found to be 14.6% (11.7-17.5). Women who had complicated pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=5.53; 95% CI: 3.09-9.92), women's desire for a labor companion (AOR=3.63; 95% CI: 1.51-8.69), being primipara (AOR=3.49; 95% CI: 1.93-6.35), labor followed by female skilled birth attendant (AOR=0.37;95% CI: 0.17-0.82), and women's perceived busyness of skilled birth attendant (AOR=0.13;95% CI: 0.07-0.23) were significantly associated with labor companionship.
conclusionsLabor companionship was found to be low. Giving emphasis on the desire, primipara, complicated pregnancy, sex of skilled birth attendant and women perceived busy skilled birth attendant were suggested for the improvement of labor companionship.
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