A Prospective Study of Patients’ Perception Towards Respectful Maternity Care During Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital
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Methods: A prospective study was conducted among 500 post- partum women aged in-between 18- 35 years, undergone normal vaginal delivery. The participants were interviewed by using study proforma regarding maternity services after taking consent.
Results: The maternity care percentage ranged from 45% to 100%. The mean and median percentages were 83.89±8.21 and 85.00%. Majority of the women (78%) received excellent care followed by good (21.60%) very few women reported fair care (0.40%). Socio cultural, economic, geographical, and infrastructural factors were found to have least or no significance in our current study.
Conclusion: This study provides valuable insight into the current perceptions and practices by health care personnel from rural health care facilities. Fair compliance with respect to engaging with effective communication was found to be followed fairly.
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