T3.5 Delivered women’s perception of their labor experience
Table 5 indicates delivered women’s perception of their labor experience. The mean time the nurses spent with
delivered women during the first stage of labor was 15.3 ± 10.8 minutes and the frequency of time that the
nurses provided nursing care ranged between 2-7 times during the first stage of labor, while medical
observations ranged between 4-5 times. Furthermore, the instruction most reported received by delivered women
to cope with their pain was to take deep breaths with each uterine contraction (330, 82.5%). Three hundred sixty
two (90.5%) women stated their satisfaction with their labor experience and only 38 (9.5%) were not satisfied.
The mean degree of women’s satisfaction is recorded as 6.2 + 2.8. Furthermore, 174 (43.5%) women preferred
pharmacological methods of pain relief while 226 (56.5%) desired non-pharmacological methods. Finally, they
reported a moderate degree of satisfaction related to their labor experience and 73 (18.3%) confirmed their need
for psychological support.
Table 5. Delivered women’s perception of their labor experience