Abstract
The epidural labour analgesia service at the delivery unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has recorded low patronage. Low patronage of epidural labour analgesia in poor resource Countries could partially be attributed to lack of awareness, limited resources or lack of equipment such as patient monitors, local anaesthetics or analgesics and overwhelming patient numbers. This study aimed to assess factors that influence epidural labour analgesia acceptance or refusal at the maternity unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
Highlights
The epidural labour analgesia service at the delivery unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has recorded low patronage
The following principal observations emerged; parturient who reported at the maternity unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital showed high level of awareness of epidural labour analgesia services, on our labour and delivery service, many refused to accept the epidural for the labour analgesia
Our survey echoes that a significant number of parturients at the delivery unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital were well informed of epidural labour analgesia service
Summary
The epidural labour analgesia service at the delivery unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has recorded low patronage. This study aimed to assess factors that influence epidural labour analgesia acceptance or refusal at the maternity unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital. Fulfilling as it may be, childbirth is a painful experience for many parturients [1,2,3,4]. The low patronage of epidural labour analgesia services could partially be attributed to lack of awareness, limited resources or lack of equipment such as patient monitors, Accepted: August 07, 2021.
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