The prevalence of obstetric violence experienced by women during childbirth care and its associated factors in Turkiye: A cross-sectional study

dc.authoridDemirgoz Bal, Meltem/0000-0003-4009-7137
dc.authoridAsci, Ozlem/0000-0002-7832-5484
dc.contributor.authorAsci, Oezlem
dc.contributor.authorBal, Meltem Demirgoz
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:25:29Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:25:29Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective This study determined the prevalence of obstetric violence experienced by women during child-birth and related factors in Turkiye.Design Cross-sectional studySetting This study was conducted in the mother-child health and gynecology outpatient clinics of the training and research hospital in Turkiye.Participants The study was completed with 513 women who gave birth in the last two years between January and May 2022.Methods Data were collected using a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. Bivariate and mul-tivariate logistic regression analyzed the relationship between obstetric violence and socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics.Findings Obstetric violence was reported by 76.4% of the women: 44.4% physical abuse, 44.4% aban-donment of care, 26.5% non-consented care, 25.1% non-dignified care, 3.3% non-confidential care, and 0.4% discrimination. Low income (OR = 1.98), physician-attended birth (OR = 2.91), vaginal birth (OR = 6.04), and newborn admission to the neonatal care unit (OR = 2.99) were associated with higher reporting of obstet-ric violence. Primiparous women (OR = 0.51), whose pain was controlled by non-pharmacological methods (OR = 0.34) and who received companion support (OR = 0.24) were less likely to report experiencing ob-stetric violence ( p < 0.05).Key conclusions Approximately three out of four Turkish women report that they have been exposed to obstetric violence during childbirth. In Turkiye, vaginal birth is the type of childbirth with the highest rate of obstetric violence reporting. Women who are low-income and multiparous, who are deprived of midwife, companion, and pain control support during childbirth, are more likely to experience obstetric violence. Implications for practice Supporting low-income women, protecting women from traumatic acts and unnecessary interventions in a vaginal birth, increasing births under the attendance of midwives, and providing pain control with non-pharmacological methods, and companion support during labor may be protective factors against obstetric violence. & COPY; 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.midw.2023.103766
dc.identifier.issn0266-6138
dc.identifier.issn1532-3099
dc.identifier.pmid37406467
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85164353253
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103766
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/14741
dc.identifier.volume124
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001036620100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofMidwifery
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectChildbirth
dc.subjectObstetric violence
dc.subjectTurkiye
dc.subjectWomen's health
dc.titleThe prevalence of obstetric violence experienced by women during childbirth care and its associated factors in Turkiye: A cross-sectional study
dc.typeArticle

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