Urgent Need of Continuing Medical Education: The Key for Patient Awareness of Labor Epidural Analgesia – A Survey of Chinese Perinatal Care Providers

Autor: Peishan Zhao, Ling-Qun Hu, Chunyuan Liu, Huiling Li, Anna Huang, Shuwei Yang, Zhenyu Cai, Yang Pan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 169-175 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2641-5895
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35412100
DOI: 10.1097/FM9.0000000000000094
Popis: Abstract. Objective:. This survey was designed to understand the misconceptions about labor epidurals. Methods:. This voluntary and anonymous online survey on wenjuan.com was conducted from September 1st, 2015 to January 1st, 2016 via mainly WeChat groups dedicated to perinatal healthcare providers in China. The questionnaire included items inquiring the knowledge and opinions about labor epidural analgesia related to maternal complications, baby safety, and effect on laboring. Incomplete surveys were excluded from the data analysis. The data was presented as percentages and a Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, as appreciate, was used to quantitatively compare the results. Results:. A total of 1412 respondents completed surveys with 42.9% (606/1412) of them being anesthesiologists, 35.1% (495/1412) being obstetricians, 11.8% (167/1412) being midwives, 3.7% (52/1412) being labor and delivery nurses, and 6.5% (92/1412) being hospital administrators and unspecified. The study revealed a lack of knowledge in labor pain control. Although 82.4% (1164/1412) of respondents were familiar with labor epidural analgesia, 8.9% (126/1412) did not know how it works, and 1.1% (15/1412) never heard it in a multiple-choice question. The three main groups (anesthesiologists, obstetricians, and midwives/labor and delivery nurses) were chosen for comparisons. Opinions among these three groups concerning five questions in the three main concerns were evaluated using a statistical significance of P
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