Volume 27, Issue 131, January 2023

A survey to determine the knowledge, preference and perception towards labor analgesia among women in the ministry of health hospitals, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Lina A Basri^1♦, Ahmed Milyani², Waleed Bahader³, Abdullah M Alghamdi⁴, Mohammed A Haider⁴, Abdullah H Moemen⁵, Yazeed Althoweby⁶

¹Anesthesia Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
²Anesthesia Department, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
³Anaesthesia Department, King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁴Trauma Surgery Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁵Pediatrics Department, Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁶Psychiatry Physician, Mental Health Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Anesthesia Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Pain during childbirth is one of the most common types of pain experienced by women. Epidural analgesia (EDA) refers to local anesthetics and adjuvants injected into the epidural space and is widely used as a form of pain relief in labour. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the waiting areas of the obstetric ward and clinic of East Jeddah Hospital, King Abdullah Medical Complex and King Abdul-Aziz Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from October to November 2022. We used an online self-administered questionnaire and data was entered, coded and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. Results: A total of 475 women of childbearing age participated in this study; about 18.9% were found to be well informed about EDA and 54.9% were informed to some extent. We found associations between knowledge of EDA and age, nationality, education, marital status, occupation, average monthly income, residence and type of family housing (P = < 0.001, 0.002, < 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.001, 0.007 and < 0.001, respectively). Good knowledge of EDA was associated with 25-34 years of age, Saudi nationals, higher education, being married, being employed, higher income, Jeddah residents. Conclusion: Although two-thirds of the participants will use it in future pregnancies after being presented with information on the procedure. A health education program should be established to provide detailed information about EDA to all interested pregnant women.

Keywords: Epidural Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia, Women Awareness

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e31ms2738

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i131/e31ms2738

Published: 09 January 2023