Importance of pain relief during labour�a survey among antenatal patients

Maria Issac; S.Padmanabha; Alex Baby Paul

Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2016

Importance of pain relief during labour�a survey among antenatal patients

Maria Issac, S. Padmanabha, Alex Baby Paul

Abstract :

Child birth no doubt is associated with severe pain. A variety of labour analgesia options are available, but the awareness and attitude towards pain free labour is not well studied in developing countriesThis study is done to assess knowledge about pain free labour and their attitude towards it.A questionnaire based study involving 82 antenatal patients over period of 2 months conducted to evaluate knowledge and awareness of labour analgesia.All 82 antenatal patients were anxious about facing labour pains while most of the patients are unaware about pain free labour. Majority are from rural areas and after awareness, most of them prefer to have painless labour.Awareness among antenatal women about labour analgesia was found to be inadequate, indicating the need of spreading knowledge among patients coming for antenatal checkup