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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF IRANIAN PARTURIENT WOMEN TOWARDS PAINLESS LABOR

Background: Few studies have addressed Iranian women’s knowledge andattitude about painless labor. Objectives: To assess the knowledge and attitude of Iranianwomen about painless labor and also about the use of pain relief methods among womenattending maternity cares clinic. Study Design: Qualitative survey. Setting: Obstetric Clinic ofthe Hafez training and medical center in South of Iran. Period: Aug 2014 Sep 2014. Materialsand Methods: 232 pregnant women participated in face-to-face interviews after selectionthrough convenience random sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collectbaseline characteristics and information on their knowledge and attitude towards painless labor.Results: We found that 28.9% of the women expressed that they did not have any informationabout painless labor, while 56.5%, 12.1%, 1.3%, and 1.3% had little, moderate, much, andperfect knowledge about painless labor, respectively. Also, 15% disagreed to choose one ofthe painless labor methods for current delivery after achieving the information on the methodsof painless labor, 23.3% were indifferent, and 61.6% agreed to choose one of the painlesslabor methods. We found no association between the level of knowledge and age (P=0.694)and also gravidity (P=0.436). However, the education level of women was directly associatedwith the level of their knowledge (P=0.028). Also, employed women and housewives hadthe highest and lowest level of knowledge, respectively (P=0.002). Conclusion: The level ofknowledge and perception about painless labor is low among Iranian women, suggesting theneed to implement a comprehensive program to inform pregnant women about the benefitsand limitations of painless labor.