High Evaluation of Medical Staff by Women after Miscarriage during Hospitalization

High Evaluation of Medical Staff by Women after Miscarriage during Hospitalization

GRAZYNA IWANOWICZ-PALUS,¹ EWA RZONCA,¹ AGNIESZKA BIEN,¹ ANNA WLOSZCZAK-SZUBZDA^2,3 and ELZBIETA WALCZUK⁴

¹Independent Obstetric Skills Unit, Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Lublin Province, Poland
²Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Economics and Innovation, Lublin, Lublin Province, Poland
³Department of Health Informatics and Statistics, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Lublin Province, Poland
⁴John Paul II Independent Public Regional Hospital, Zamosc, Lublin Province, Poland

The loss of a baby is a traumatic event, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy. In the present study, we attempted to recognize the opinions of women after miscarriage that needed assistance and support from the medical staff during hospitalization. The study was conducted during the period from January to June 2012 and included 303 women who miscarried and used medical care in the Lublin Region (Poland). The method of a diagnostic survey was applied using a questionnaire technique. The majority of the respondents reported that information obtained from physicians after the diagnosis of miscarriage were rather understandable (44.22%) and sufficient (41.91%). According to more than a half of respondents, after miscarriage, midwives demonstrated adequate skills (57.43%) and provided necessary informative support (52.81%). The study showed that during hospital stay the women who had experienced miscarriage evaluated in relatively high terms the physicians and midwives providing them with care. The evaluations of the attitudes of doctors and midwives increased with the women's growing needs during hospitalization. The results of the study allow the presumption that the medical staff providing care of women after miscarriage possess a relatively high level of knowledge and skills in the area of diagnostics and treatment of pregnancy terminated with miscarriage. However, it should be remembered that the constant training of doctors and midwives in the provision of emotional and psychological support is necessary.

keywords —— health care; midwife; miscarriage; physician; woman

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Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2014, 232, 155-162

Correspondence: Agnieszka Bien, Independent Obstetric Skills Unit, Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica 4-6, 20-081 Lublin, Poland.

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