Gynecology & Reproductive Health
Open AccessMaternal Satisfaction of Reproductive Health Care and Associated Factors Among Women Attending Primary Health Care Facilities in ILE-IFE, Nigeria
Authors: Akinyinka Olusegun Akintola, Ekundayo Oluwole Ayegbusi, Toluwanimi Esther Oyebanji, Adeyemi Akeem Amuda, Adebola Stella Ayegbusi, Oyekan Opeyemi Success.
Abstract
Background: Healthcare providers have recently placed emphases on the significance of the perception and views of the patients in health care with the aim of assessing satisfaction of patients with care received from the health care centres. The aim of the study was to determine the satisfaction with reproductive health care and the factors associated with satisfaction of women in primary health care facilities in Ile-Ife.
Methods: This study employed a descriptive cross-sectional study design. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 330 study subjects. Pre-tested questionnaire was used for data collection. ChiSquare and odds ratio were used to identify the factors influencing maternal satisfaction.
Results: Eighty-seven percent were satisfied with reproductive health care received. Factors that significantly influenced satisfaction with reproductive health care received by women were structural factors (χ2 = 55.27, p < 0.001), process factors (χ2 = 66.94, p < 0.001), and output factors (χ2 = 65.85, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Majority are satisfied with reproductive health care received and the factors influencing satisfaction of reproductive health care as identified by the study were education, employment status and income status. Appropriate information, education, and communication are needed to solve the problem of satisfaction of reproductive health care among women.
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