Nivel de dolor y elección de analgesia en el parto determinada por la realización de educación maternal

Abstract

Objective: To determine the influence of maternal education on the level of pain expressed by women during the delivery process, the use of epidural analgesia and analgesic use of alternative measures. Methods: A multicenter observational conducted in four hospitals in Andalusia from January 2011 to January 2012. The study population consisted of primiparous women who gave birth in one of these centers. Sociodemographic variables were studied, level of pain and use of analgesic measures. The data were collected through an interview and medical history. The analysis estimated the Odds Ratios (OR) and mean, crude and adjusted. Results: The study involved 520 women. No association was found between maternal education being carried out by women and that this level of pain endured during the delivery process (p>0.05). Nor influence was detected with the use of alternative analgesic measures (aOR= 1.14; 95%CI: 0.70-1.83), or epidural analgesia (aOR= 1.58; 95%CI: 0.96-2.63). Conclusion: The maternal education is not effective for pain control that produces the delivery process, or determine the use of other analgesic measures.