Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade?
Background: Global access to social media has supposedly changed women’s awareness about the pharmacological and alternative methods of pain relief during vaginal delivery. The purpose of the study was to analyze changes in women’s preference and opinion about different forms of labor analgesia over...
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| author | Agnieszka Jodzis Maciej Walędziak Krzysztof Czajkowski Anna Różańska-Walędziak |
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| description | Background: Global access to social media has supposedly changed women’s awareness about the pharmacological and alternative methods of pain relief during vaginal delivery. The purpose of the study was to analyze changes in women’s preference and opinion about different forms of labor analgesia over the past decade. Materials and methods: The study was designed as an anonymous survey with questions about women’s knowledge and preference of different forms of pain relief in labor. The survey was conducted in 2010 and 2020, with data collected from 1175 women in 2010 and 1033 in 2020. Results: There were no differences between 2010 and 2020 in the proportion of women who wanted to receive analgesia in labor, at, respectively 67.9% of women in 2010 and 73.9% in 2020. About 50% of women chose epidural analgesia as the only efficacious method of pain relief in labor both in 2010 and 2020. There were no differences between the two time-points in the distribution of chosen methods of pain relief. In total, 92.3% of women in 2010 and 94.9% in 2020 thought that they should have the possibility of independent choice of analgesia method before the delivery (<i>p</i> < 0.04). Conclusions: A high proportion of Polish women choose EDA over other pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods of pain relief in labor, and this preference has not changed over the last decade. Increasing women’s knowledge about different methods of intrapartum pain relief may lead to wider use of nonpharmacological methods of pain relief. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6164c5fd86f04198b3507805008fdd072023-11-23T14:36:45ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-01-015818710.3390/medicina58010087Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade?Agnieszka Jodzis0Maciej Walędziak1Krzysztof Czajkowski2Anna Różańska-Walędziak32nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Karowa 2 St., 00-315 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Thoracic Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128 St., 04-141 Warsaw, Poland2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Karowa 2 St., 00-315 Warsaw, Poland2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Karowa 2 St., 00-315 Warsaw, PolandBackground: Global access to social media has supposedly changed women’s awareness about the pharmacological and alternative methods of pain relief during vaginal delivery. The purpose of the study was to analyze changes in women’s preference and opinion about different forms of labor analgesia over the past decade. Materials and methods: The study was designed as an anonymous survey with questions about women’s knowledge and preference of different forms of pain relief in labor. The survey was conducted in 2010 and 2020, with data collected from 1175 women in 2010 and 1033 in 2020. Results: There were no differences between 2010 and 2020 in the proportion of women who wanted to receive analgesia in labor, at, respectively 67.9% of women in 2010 and 73.9% in 2020. About 50% of women chose epidural analgesia as the only efficacious method of pain relief in labor both in 2010 and 2020. There were no differences between the two time-points in the distribution of chosen methods of pain relief. In total, 92.3% of women in 2010 and 94.9% in 2020 thought that they should have the possibility of independent choice of analgesia method before the delivery (<i>p</i> < 0.04). Conclusions: A high proportion of Polish women choose EDA over other pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods of pain relief in labor, and this preference has not changed over the last decade. Increasing women’s knowledge about different methods of intrapartum pain relief may lead to wider use of nonpharmacological methods of pain relief.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/1/87vaginal deliveryepidural analgesiapain relief in labormaternal preferenceshared decision making |
| spellingShingle | Agnieszka Jodzis Maciej Walędziak Krzysztof Czajkowski Anna Różańska-Walędziak Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade? Medicina vaginal delivery epidural analgesia pain relief in labor maternal preference shared decision making |
| title | Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade? |
| title_full | Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade? |
| title_fullStr | Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade? |
| title_short | Intrapartum Analgesia—Have Women’s Preferences Changed over the Last Decade? |
| title_sort | intrapartum analgesia have women s preferences changed over the last decade |
| topic | vaginal delivery epidural analgesia pain relief in labor maternal preference shared decision making |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/1/87 |
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