Afaf Mufadhi Alrimali, Nashi Masnad Alreshidi
Evaluating ICU nurses' education, practice, and competence in palliative and end-of-life care in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
Belitung nursing journal
different clinical practice guidelines include recommendations prevent repair obstetric perineal trauma well use episiotomy evaluate variability midwives professional practices preventing repairing perineal trauma well professional factors may associated restrictive use episiotomy observational crosssectional study three hundred five midwives completed anonymous questionnaire developed authors distributed across various midwifery scientific societies main outcomes measured frequencies adopting specific practices related perineal injury prevention repair episiotomy technique restrictive episiotomy use 10 odds ratios adjusted odds ratios aor 95 confidence intervals estimated intrapartum perineal massage normally used 253 83 midwives 186 61 applied compresses soaked warm water perineum regarding episiotomy great deal variability noting 129 423 adopted restrictive use procedure 125 41 performed 10 20 51 midwives 167 performed 20 cases addition 165 541 midwives followed incision angle 60 concerning tears 155 508 usually sutured firstdegree tears 273 895 always sutured seconddegree tears midwives attending home births aor 65 95 ci 2691569 working teaching hospital aor 369 95 ci 139984 ones recently completed professional training aor 358 95 ci 146879 significantly likely adopt restrictive use episiotomy significant variability spanish midwives practices preventing repairing perineal tears moreover restrictive use episiotomy associated midwives attending home births working teaching hospitals recent professional training patient public contribution