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Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing

Volume 10, Issue 2, 2023
Mcmed International
Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0683 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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editorapjn@mcmed.us
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Abstract
Title
A WOMAN'S SENSE OF CONTROL OVER HER CHILD BIRTH EXPERIENCE
Author
Ruth Joshila Philips* & Josephine Little Flower
Email
joshila1974@yahoo.co.in
keyword
Child birth; Ellen Hodnett's Labour Agentry Scale; Woman’s sense of personal control.
Abstract
The present study was conducted with an aim to measure a woman's sense of control over her child birth experience, at the Modern Government Maternity Hospital Hyderabad, TS. The objectives of the study were to measure the woman's sense of control over her child birth experience and to co-relate it with the selected demographic variables. Sixty postnatal mothers were selected using quota sampling method, were inducted into the study with their written consent. The data was collected using Ellen Hodnett's Labour Agentry Scale (LAS). This is a standardized scale with an r value of 0.9 which was successfully tested to measure a woman’s sense of personal control(SPC) during her labor. The SPC scores range from 10 to 70, low scores indicate low control and high score indicates high of control over oneself and ones environment while giving birth. The data was collected during June and July 2016, and was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The data revealed that even thou women did not demonstrate high sense of control over self during their labour , it was observed that women aged 30 to 35 years, women who were employed, women who had birth companions, women who gave normal vaginal births, and women who did not experience any complications during their pregnancy or child birth had a higher sense of control during their birthing experience.
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