2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

Promotion of the respectful care childbirth in Mongolia: an exploratory study of the effects of facility-based intervention in a large public maternity hospital

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19K19637
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	トゴバタラガンチメゲ筑波大学, 医学医療系, 助教 (10773830)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Keywords	doula support / childbirth experience / continuous support / hosiptal based support / women's satisfaction
Outline of Annual Research Achievements	A quasi-experimental one-group posttest only study was carried out at the public maternity hospital Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The intervention of study was continuous support during labour and delivery by midwifery students to 2-4 women. A total of 420 and 408 women were participated in the pre-intervention and intervention groups. There were no significant differences in demographic and obstetric characteristics, oxytocin augmentation or episiotomy/perineal tears between groups. Labour duration was significantly shorter among multiparous women and women who received oxytocin for labour augmentation in the intervention group. Women's positive childbirth experience was significantly higher after adjustment for parity and oxytocin use in intervention group.
Current Status of Research Progress	Current Status of Research Progress 4: Progress in research has been delayed. Reason Data implementation was delayed due to COVID-19.
Strategy for Future Research Activity	The manuscript submission for peer-journals

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