Abstract
Method
The questionnaire has been developed from a validated instrument “Womens Experience of Maternity Care” (author - National Health Service, (Great Britain, 2019) and adapted to the situation in Latvia. The permission to use it has been obtained from authors. The questionnaire is meant for women regardless of their health status during the perinatal period or who have no co-morbidities, diagnosed in perinatal period of care. The questionnaire is designed to find out patients' experiences of receiving healthcare and its compliance with the guidelines, identifying potential problems and creating opportunities to correct them. There were 50 patients in Maternity Hospital postpartum unit interviewed. 12 of them were women living with HIV.
Results
One of five main comment themes was - patients felt the need to receive the same kind of information about the same issue from all health care professional regardless of staff changes on call.
The women point out that they have no problems with content in communication process during intranatal period, at labor unit. The problem with different kind of information about the same matter is emerging in postpartum period, at maternity unit.
Conclusions
There is different kind of knowledge and professional skills among health care professionals, even if they work in the same field, the same hospital and the same unit.
The questionnaire has been developed from a validated instrument “Womens Experience of Maternity Care” (author - National Health Service, (Great Britain, 2019) and adapted to the situation in Latvia. The permission to use it has been obtained from authors. The questionnaire is meant for women regardless of their health status during the perinatal period or who have no co-morbidities, diagnosed in perinatal period of care. The questionnaire is designed to find out patients' experiences of receiving healthcare and its compliance with the guidelines, identifying potential problems and creating opportunities to correct them. There were 50 patients in Maternity Hospital postpartum unit interviewed. 12 of them were women living with HIV.
Results
One of five main comment themes was - patients felt the need to receive the same kind of information about the same issue from all health care professional regardless of staff changes on call.
The women point out that they have no problems with content in communication process during intranatal period, at labor unit. The problem with different kind of information about the same matter is emerging in postpartum period, at maternity unit.
Conclusions
There is different kind of knowledge and professional skills among health care professionals, even if they work in the same field, the same hospital and the same unit.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international |
| Editors | Velta Lubkina, Karīna Laganovska, Aivars Kaupužs |
| Place of Publication | Rēzekne |
| Pages | 265-273 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Volume | 4: Mūžizglītība. Sabiedrības veselība un sports. Māksla un dizains |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Event | International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2021 - RTA , Rēzekne, Latvia Duration: 28 May 2021 → 29 May 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1691-5887 |
Conference
| Conference | International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2021 |
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| Country/Territory | Latvia |
| City | Rēzekne |
| Period | 28/05/21 → 29/05/21 |
Keywords*
- communication
- medical personnel
- perinatal health care
- women`s experience
Field of Science*
- 3.3 Health sciences
Publication Type*
- 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
