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Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal
BACKGROUND: In the context of maternity service, the mother’s assessment of quality is central because emotional, cultural and respectful supports are vital during labour and the delivery process. This study compared client-perceived quality of maternity services between birth centres, public and pr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-45 |
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author | Karkee, Rajendra Lee, Andy H Pokharel, Paras K |
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description | BACKGROUND: In the context of maternity service, the mother’s assessment of quality is central because emotional, cultural and respectful supports are vital during labour and the delivery process. This study compared client-perceived quality of maternity services between birth centres, public and private hospitals in a central hills district of Nepal. METHODS: A cohort of 701 pregnant women of 5 months or more gestational age were recruited and interviewed, followed by another interview within 45 days of delivery. Perception of quality was measured by a 20-item scale with three sub-scales: health facility, health care delivery, and interpersonal aspects. Perceived quality scores were analysed by ANOVA with post-hoc comparisons and multiple linear regression. RESULTS: Within the health facility sub-scale, birth centre was rated lowest on items ‘adequacy of medical equipment’, ‘health staff suited to women’s health’ and ‘adequacy of health staff’, whereas public hospital was rated the lowest with respect to ‘adequacy of room’, ‘adequacy of water’, ‘environment clean’, ‘privacy’ and ‘adequacy of information’. Mean scores of total quality and sub-scales health facility and health care delivery for women attending private hospital were higher (p < 0.001) than those using birth centre or public hospital. Mean score of the sub-scale interpersonal aspects for public hospital users was lower (p < 0.001) than those delivered at private hospital and birth centre. However, perception on interpersonal aspects by women using public hospital improved significantly after delivery (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Overall, perception of quality differed significantly by types of health facility used for delivery. They rated lowest the supplies and equipment in birth centres and the amenities and interpersonal aspects in the public hospital. Accordingly, attention to these aspects is needed to improve the quality. |
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spelling | pubmed-39021862014-01-28 Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal Karkee, Rajendra Lee, Andy H Pokharel, Paras K BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research Article BACKGROUND: In the context of maternity service, the mother’s assessment of quality is central because emotional, cultural and respectful supports are vital during labour and the delivery process. This study compared client-perceived quality of maternity services between birth centres, public and private hospitals in a central hills district of Nepal. METHODS: A cohort of 701 pregnant women of 5 months or more gestational age were recruited and interviewed, followed by another interview within 45 days of delivery. Perception of quality was measured by a 20-item scale with three sub-scales: health facility, health care delivery, and interpersonal aspects. Perceived quality scores were analysed by ANOVA with post-hoc comparisons and multiple linear regression. RESULTS: Within the health facility sub-scale, birth centre was rated lowest on items ‘adequacy of medical equipment’, ‘health staff suited to women’s health’ and ‘adequacy of health staff’, whereas public hospital was rated the lowest with respect to ‘adequacy of room’, ‘adequacy of water’, ‘environment clean’, ‘privacy’ and ‘adequacy of information’. Mean scores of total quality and sub-scales health facility and health care delivery for women attending private hospital were higher (p < 0.001) than those using birth centre or public hospital. Mean score of the sub-scale interpersonal aspects for public hospital users was lower (p < 0.001) than those delivered at private hospital and birth centre. However, perception on interpersonal aspects by women using public hospital improved significantly after delivery (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Overall, perception of quality differed significantly by types of health facility used for delivery. They rated lowest the supplies and equipment in birth centres and the amenities and interpersonal aspects in the public hospital. Accordingly, attention to these aspects is needed to improve the quality. BioMed Central 2014-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3902186/ /pubmed/24456544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-45 Text en Copyright © 2014 Karkee et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Karkee, Rajendra Lee, Andy H Pokharel, Paras K Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal |
title | Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal |
title_full | Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal |
title_fullStr | Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal |
title_full_unstemmed | Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal |
title_short | Women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal |
title_sort | women’s perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in nepal |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-45 |
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