tailieunhanh - Support to woman by a companion of her choice during childbirth: a randomized controlled trial

Women who are financially, materially or socially dependent on men may have limited power to exercise control in relationships, such as negotiating the use of condoms during sex. Social expectations about how women should behave can place women in subordinate roles and increase their risk of being sexually assaulted, contracting STIs and having unwanted pregnancies, and also limit their access to SRH services. In Zanzibar, unmarried women are denied contraceptives from health professionals, while in Botswana and Senegal married women are restricted from using contraceptives without the. | Reproductive Health BioMed Central Research Open Access Support to woman by a companion of her choice during childbirth a randomized controlled trial Odalea M Bruggemann1 2 Mary A Parpinelli2 Maria JD Osis3 Jose G Cecatti 2 3 and Antonio S Carvalhinho Neto4 Address Department of Nursing Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianopolis SC Brazil 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology School of Medical Sciences University of Campinas UNICAMP São Paulo Brazil 3Center for Research in Reproductive Health of Campinas CEMICAMP São Paulo Brazil and 4State Hospital of Sumare University of Campinas São Paulo Brazil Email Odalea M Bruggemann - odalea@ Mary A Parpinelli - parpinelli@ Maria JD Osis - mjosis@ Jose G Cecatti - cecatti@ Antonio S Carvalhinho Neto - parpinelli@ Corresponding author Published 6 July 2007 Received 15 May 2007 Reproductive Health 2007 4 5 doi 1742-4755-4-5 Accepted 6 July 2007 This article is available from http content 4 1 5 2007 Bruggemann et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the support given to women by a companion of their choice during labor and delivery. Methods A total of 212 primiparous women were enrolled in a randomized controlled clinical trial carried out between February 2004 and March 2005. One hundred and five women were allocated to the group in which support was permitted and 107 to the group in which there was no support. Variables regarding patient satisfaction and events related to obstetrical care neonatal results and breastfeeding were evaluated. Student s t-test or Wilcoxon s test chi-square or .