Personal Preference of Delivery Agents regarding Mode of Delivery for themselves and Pregnant Women.

Abstract

Abstract: Background & Aim: Childbirth is a stressful event for a pregnant women that to accommodate with it; needs help and assistance of the others. Delivery agents (obstetricians and midwives) have particular role in this field among the health care providers. They are the most trustworthy persons for families that they could have a deep influence on maternal priorities. It seem that; the preferences of these groups in relation to the type of delivery affect of consultation in pregnancy and childbirth for pregnant women to choose type of delivery. The purpose of this study is to survey the personal preference of delivery agents regarding mode of delivery for themselves and their proposed type of delivery to pregnant women and relationship between their personal preferences with their proposed type of delivery to pregnant women. Materials & Methods: The present research is a descriptive –analytical study that was done by all number method during 1388. After admissibility and permanency of the tools; a questionnaire which consisted of some individual –social characteristics; pregnancy history, childbirth and some questions about the purposes of research was given to under research samples. From 170 employed midwives in maternity hospitals of suburban townships of Tabriz and 110 obstetricians in east Azerbaijan province, 153 person of midwives and 90 person of obstetricians completed questionnaire by their personal tendency and data were analyzed for independent groups by using the methods of descriptive statistics. Chi –square test, U Mann Whitney and T test. Results: The results of this research showed that cesarean was preferential childbirth in 62.2 percent of obstetricians and 57.6 percent of midwives for themselves and 33.7 percent obstetricians and 17.6 percent midwives suggested childbirth for first gravid women. Also, there was a significant statistical significant difference between type of preferential childbirth for themselves and their suggested childbirth to pregnant women. Conclusion: The type of suggested childbirth to pregnant women by delivery agents is under the influence of preferential childbirth type for themselves. With attention to these group role on the field of consolation during pregnancy; delivery agents' childbirth type has fundamental role on the field of the selection of childbirth type of pregnant women.