Maternal expectations and birth-related experiences: a survey of pregnant women of mixed parity from Calcutta, India

Awareness and desirability of labor epidural analgesia: a survey of Nigerian women

“…Again this is similar to the findings of Hug et al 19 Ordinarily one would expect educated women to have greater knowledge about pain relief in labor. A community-based survey may provide the opportunity to assess women's knowledge and low awareness may reflect current obstetric practice in Nigeria where few epidural analgesia services exist.…”

“…This is similar to the observations of Hug et al who conducted a survey of pregnant women in India. 19 In our study population many had a tertiary education and a professional occupation which could have affected their expectation of labor pain. The reason for the high numbers of educated women in our study is a reflection of patients who access maternal and child healthcare at UCH Ibadan.…”

Risk Factors Associated With Epidural Use

“…Differences in ancestral backgrounds result from the fact that immigrants today, after controlling for race, are from different countries than the ancestors of native-born Washington residents. Furthermore, studies abroad indicate that poor knowledge of epidural analgesia is common [27, 28], and that prior knowledge of epidural analgesia is strongly associated with epidural use [27]. Hence it may be possible that a lack of knowledge about epidurals is partially responsible for lower odds of epidural use for foreign-born populations.…”

Factors associated with choice of delivery with or without epidural analgesia among laboring women: a cross-sectional survey at a tertiary care hospital of a developing country

“…In addition Brought to you by | University of Florida Authenticated Download Date | 9/29/15 7:32 PM to factors like education, parity and occupation, which have been determined by previous studies [4,5], the main reasons separating our patient population delivering with or without EA were either misconceptions or no information regarding EA. This fact indicates that women who decided to forgo EA were not necessarily making a well-informed medical choice but were mostly driven by their lack of awareness or a misunderstanding of available analgesic options.…”

“…However, it is the only clinical condition, where the decision to treat the pain is left to the patient [3]. This decision in turn would depend on a number of factors, including her awareness and understanding of benefits and side effects of available pain relief options [4,5]. Therefore, it is important to know whether a woman's decision to forgo any pain relief intervention is due to her desire to have an un-medicated childbirth or due to a lack of knowledge or misconceptions.…”