Abstract
BackgroundPregnancy constitutes a global health concern, thus the need for spousal support during this period cannot be overemphasized. This study examined the kinds of support pregnant women expected and received from their spouses as well as the effect of such supports during pregnancy, labour, and delivery.MethodsThe study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. The respondents were selected using multistage and simple random sampling techniques.ResultsFindings showed that respondents expected and received maximum support from their spouses during pregnancy, labour, and delivery. Spiritual support such as praying and fasting was top of the kinds of support pregnant women expected and received from their husbands during pregnancy and delivery. Others include helping in house chores, financial provision, taking care of other children, accompanying to labour room, and sexual support. More than three-quarters of the respondents stated that maximum support from their husbands made pregnancy, labour, and delivery easier. Cramer’s V showed that the association between support and husbands’ occupation was 0.233 and Pearson Chi-square showed that the association was statistically significant χ2(2) = 27.894,p < .001.ConclusionThe study concluded that spousal support during pregnancy was high among rural women in Southwestern Nigeria, and it impacted positively on their wife’s period of pregnancy, labour, and delivery. A high level of spousal support should be sustained to promote family bonding and development as well as reduce maternal and child mortality.
Highlights
Pregnancy constitutes a global health concern, the need for spousal support during this period cannot be overemphasized
Nigeria is currently among the 15 countries considered as ‘very high alert’ or ‘high alert’ with maternal mortality rates (MMR) between the range 31 and 11,580 [3, 4] Nearly 20% of all global maternal deaths occur in Nigeria [5, 6]
This study shows that spousal support during pregnancy, labour, and delivery among rural women in Southwestern Nigeria was high
Summary
Pregnancy constitutes a global health concern, the need for spousal support during this period cannot be overemphasized. Pregnancy is a period of increased vulnerability and both parents are expected to face new challenges during. Reports have it that about 295,000 women died as a result of pregnancy and childbirth issues in the year 2017, and a majority (94%) of these deaths were from low- and middle-income countries which could have been prevented [3]. World Health Organization (2019), report further showed that 86% of maternal deaths were from. Nigeria’s estimated MMR was over 800 per 100,000 in 2015
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