Opinions and Experiences of Women Giving Birth Regarding Safe Care: A Qualitative Study

Year 2024, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 218 - 226, 28.10.2024

Ayşegül Yılmaz , İlayda Sarıçiçek

https://doi.org/10.31125/hunhemsire.1458470

Abstract

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to determine in detail the opinions and experiences of women giving birth regarding the safety of the care they received as stakeholders receiving care services.
Material and Methods: Phenomenological design was used as a qualitative research method. The research was conducted between February 2023 and June 2023 with 15 women who gave vaginal birth or had a cesarean section in state hospitals in the Central Anatolia region of Türkiye. The research was conducted following the COREQ checklist.
Results: The collected data were categorized into nine codes and ten sub-themes under three main themes: "Definition of Safe Care"; "Factors Affecting Receiving Safe Care" and "Implications for Safe Care".
Conclusion: In conclusion, this study addressed safe care from the perspective of women receiving care during labor. These opinions and experiences of women who give birth can guide healthcare professionals, hospital and nurse managers, and policymakers in providing safer and higher quality care during labor and in making arrangements in this direction.

Keywords

Women giving birth, safe care, patient safety, qualitative study

Project Number

2209A - 1919B012205454.

Doğum Yapan Kadınların Güvenli Bakıma İlişkin Görüş ve Deneyimleri: Nitel Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, doğum yapan kadınların bakım hizmeti alan paydaşlar olarak almış oldukları bakımın güvenliğine ilişkin görüş ve deneyimlerinin ayrıntılı olarak belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemi olarak fenomenolojik desen kullanılmıştır. Araştırma Şubat 2023 - Haziran 2023 tarihleri arasında Türkiye’de İç Anadolu bölgesinde devlete bağlı hastanelerde normal ya da sezaryen ile doğum yapan, amaçlı örneklem ile belirlenen 15 kadın ile yapılmıştır. Araştırma COREQ kontrol listesi takip edilerek gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Bulgular: Toplanan veriler “Güvenli Bakımın Tanımı”; “Güvenli Bakım Almayı Etkileyen Etmenler”; “Güvenli Bakım İçin Öneriler” olmak üzere üç ana tema altında 9 kod ve 10 alt tema şeklinde kategorize edildi.
Sonuç: Sonuç olarak, bu çalışma doğum sürecinde bakım hizmeti alan kadınların gözünden güvenli bakımı ele almaktadır. Doğum yapan kadınların bu görüşleri ve deneyimleri, sağlık profesyonellerine, hastane ve hemşire yöneticilerine ve politika yapıcılara doğum süreci boyunca daha güvenli ve daha kaliteli bakım sağlama ve bu yönde düzenlemeler yapma konusunda rehberlik edebilir.

Keywords

Doğum yapan kadınlar, güvenli bakım, hasta güvenliği, nitel çalışma

Supporting Institution

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (Tübitak)

Project Number

2209A - 1919B012205454.

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