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Obstetric Violence in Spain (Part I): Women’s Perception and Interterritorial Differences

The decentralization of health systems can have direct repercussions on maternity care. Some inequalities can be noted in outcomes, like neonatal and child mortality in Spain. This study aimed to make the presence of obstetric violence in Spain visible as an interterritorial equity criterion. A desc...

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Autores principales: Mena-Tudela, Desirée, Iglesias-Casás, Susana, González-Chordá, Víctor Manuel, Cervera-Gasch, Águeda, Andreu-Pejó, Laura, Valero-Chilleron, María Jesús
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33105788
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217726
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author Mena-Tudela, Desirée
Iglesias-Casás, Susana
González-Chordá, Víctor Manuel
Cervera-Gasch, Águeda
Andreu-Pejó, Laura
Valero-Chilleron, María Jesús
author_facet Mena-Tudela, Desirée
Iglesias-Casás, Susana
González-Chordá, Víctor Manuel
Cervera-Gasch, Águeda
Andreu-Pejó, Laura
Valero-Chilleron, María Jesús
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description The decentralization of health systems can have direct repercussions on maternity care. Some inequalities can be noted in outcomes, like neonatal and child mortality in Spain. This study aimed to make the presence of obstetric violence in Spain visible as an interterritorial equity criterion. A descriptive, restrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2018 and June 2019. The sample comprised 17,541 questionnaires, which represented all Spanish Autonomous Communities. Of our sample, 38.3% perceived having suffered obstetric violence; 44.4% perceived that they had undergone unnecessary and/or painful procedures, of whom 83.4% were not requested to provide informed consent. The mean satisfaction with the attention women received obtained 6.94 points in the general sample and 4.85 points for those women who viewed themselves as victims of obstetric violence. Spain seems to have a serious problem with public health and respecting human rights in obstetric violence. Offering information to women and requesting their informed consent are barely practiced in the healthcare system, so it is necessary to profoundly reflect on obstetric practices with, and request informed consent from, women in Spain.
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spelling pubmed-76600462020-11-13 Obstetric Violence in Spain (Part I): Women’s Perception and Interterritorial Differences Mena-Tudela, Desirée Iglesias-Casás, Susana González-Chordá, Víctor Manuel Cervera-Gasch, Águeda Andreu-Pejó, Laura Valero-Chilleron, María Jesús Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The decentralization of health systems can have direct repercussions on maternity care. Some inequalities can be noted in outcomes, like neonatal and child mortality in Spain. This study aimed to make the presence of obstetric violence in Spain visible as an interterritorial equity criterion. A descriptive, restrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2018 and June 2019. The sample comprised 17,541 questionnaires, which represented all Spanish Autonomous Communities. Of our sample, 38.3% perceived having suffered obstetric violence; 44.4% perceived that they had undergone unnecessary and/or painful procedures, of whom 83.4% were not requested to provide informed consent. The mean satisfaction with the attention women received obtained 6.94 points in the general sample and 4.85 points for those women who viewed themselves as victims of obstetric violence. Spain seems to have a serious problem with public health and respecting human rights in obstetric violence. Offering information to women and requesting their informed consent are barely practiced in the healthcare system, so it is necessary to profoundly reflect on obstetric practices with, and request informed consent from, women in Spain. MDPI 2020-10-22 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7660046/ /pubmed/33105788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217726 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Valero-Chilleron, María Jesús
Obstetric Violence in Spain (Part I): Women’s Perception and Interterritorial Differences
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660046/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217726
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