Abusive Maternal Care and Associated factors during Childbirth in Ethiopia during COVID-19 Pandemic

Skilled birth attendance during childbirth and immediate postpartum care can prevent 75% of maternal mortality. This is an emerging global pandemic infectious caused by a newly discovered coronavirus since December 2019 called COVID-19 which affects the health service care including maternal health care services. The care given in the health institution is not psychologically supportive of what they need. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of abusive maternal care and associated factors during childbirth in Ethiopia during the global pandemic disease (COVID-19). The institutional-based cross-sectional study design was implemented in 2020 with a sample size of 394. Data was collected by using a structured questionnaire adapted from the White Ribbon Alliance Declaration of women's right during childbirth. The data were used logistic regression analysis method. The level of abusive care among childbearing women was 47.1%. Women who attended their childbirth at the general hospital, women who had no antenatal care and women who had two birth attendants were significantly associated with abusive maternal care.

Author(s): Lebeza Alemu* , Melese Linger Endalifer

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