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Opinions and practices of midwives working in the delivery rooms on informed consent in vaginal deliveries

dc.contributor.authorŞahiner, Pervin
dc.contributor.buuauthorUtkualp, Nevin
dc.contributor.buuauthorUTKUALP, NEVİN
dc.contributor.departmentBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/ Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-20T09:01:58Z
dc.date.available2024-09-20T09:01:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-01
dc.description.abstractObtaining informed consent from women for vaginal birth both safeguards their autonomy and establishes a legal foundation for midwives. This study aimed to determine the opinions and practices of midwives on obtaining valid informed consent for vaginal deliveries. This descriptive study was conducted between November 2021 and December 2022 in two different cities of Turkey, Bursa and Kocaeli. Data were analyzed with Chi-square test. In the study all midwives who had not received ethics training had a common perception that informed consent merely involved obtaining a signature and was a standard practice for vaginal birth (p=0.002). In the study, 92.9% of the midwives reported that they found it necessary to obtain informed consent in vaginal deliveries, 97.6% reported that they provided verbal information. However, information provided by midwives for valid informed consent was mostly not comprehensive (range 44.4%-80.2%). Most midwives (80.2%) focused on highlighting the benefits of vaginal birth for mothers, with comparatively less emphasis on communicating information regarding the potential risks and complications associated with vaginal birth for newborns. The high percentage of midwives who considered it necessary to obtain informed consent in vaginal deliveries in our study suggests that these midwives are well aware of the significance of informed consent.
dc.identifier.doi10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i11.3
dc.identifier.endpage25
dc.identifier.issn1118-4841
dc.identifier.issue11
dc.identifier.startpage18
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i11.3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11452/44957
dc.identifier.volume27
dc.identifier.wos001143715900003
dc.indexed.wosWOS.SSCI
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWomens Health & Action Research Centre
dc.relation.journalAfrican Journal Of Reproductive Health
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectVaginal delivery
dc.subjectInformed consent
dc.subjectMidwife
dc.subjectWomen's rights
dc.subjectScience & technology
dc.subjectLife sciences & biomedicine
dc.subjectPublic, environmental & occupational health
dc.titleOpinions and practices of midwives working in the delivery rooms on informed consent in vaginal deliveries
dc.typeArticle
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