Relationship between Knowledge, Attitude and Motivation among Midwives in the Normal Labour Care Implementation

Abstract

Approximately, 350, 000 women died from pregnancy-related causes every year and majority of maternal mortality occurred in developing countries. main causes of maternal mortality included eclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension, obstructed labour, amniotic fluid embolism, obstetric haemorrhage, thromboembolism, anaemia, unsafe abortion, infection, ectopic pregnancy, embolism and anaesthesia complication. The study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and motivation among midwives in the normal labour care implementation. The study was used an observational research with cross sectional approach. The data collection was conducted from January to February 2016. The study had been done in Sawerigading Palopo Hospital. The study population were all midwives who working in maternity room of Sawerigading Palopo Hospital on October 2015. The sample in this study was entire population of midwives in the maternity room of Sawerigading Palopo Hospital. The sample sizes were 25 respondents which obtained by sampling technique. The data was collected by using questionnaire. The statistical test in knowledge and normal labour care implementation was p=0.98, attitude (p=0.98) and motivation (p=0.174)