Investigating University Students’ Preferences for Mode of Delivery
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşe ÇATALOLUK
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Özgür ALPARSLAN
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | International Journalof Caring Sciences |
| Dergi ISSN | 1792-037X |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | EBSCO Host, Proquest, CINAHL |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 12-2018 |
| Cilt No | 2 |
| Sayı | 3 |
| Sayfalar | 1408 / 1415 |
| Makale Linki | www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org |
| Özet |
| Objective: This study aimed to examine the birth type preferences of university students from different departments.Method: The universe of the study, which was designed in descriptive and cross-sectional type, consisted of female students staying in a dormitory in Tokat city (n= 215). No selection procedure was employed; instead, students who accepted to participate in the survey were included in the study (n= 188). The data were collected using a questionnaire form developed by the researchers to identify some socio-demographic characteristics of the students and their thoughts related to their delivery mode preferences. The data analyses were performed using IBM-SPSS 20 software package.Findings: It was found that more than half of the students who participated in the study were born on a normal delivery and that they mostly heard about normal delivery type in their circles. The majority of the students stated that women who had a normal delivery did not experience any problems (50.0%), however, that those who had cesarean delivery had problems (28.7%). It was determined that more than half of the students would choose normal delivery when they gave birth (85.1%) and that the reason for this preference was that they thought the vaginal delivery was healthy for the mother and infant (62.2%). It was found in the study that 67.0% of the students thought have 1 or 2 children, 59.6% wanted the delivery to be performed by a physician, and that 49.5% were afraid of giving birth. When the students’ preferences for delivery mode is compared to the birth type they were born on and the most common type of birth they heard about in their … |
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