An evaluation of the Syrian pregnant women's prenatal care satisfaction: a cross-sectional study.
Sibel İçke, Sema Çifçi
PMID 40377686WHAT IT FOUND
Syrian pregnant women's prenatal care satisfaction score was 73.39 on a scale from 22 to 110, but most had received fewer than the recommended number of visits.
Ignorance, money, and transport were common barriers.
Key findings
01The mean prenatal care satisfaction score was 73.39 on a scale whose stated range is 22 to 110.
0289.7% had received fewer than four prenatal care visits, and the paper lists ignorance 39.7%, financial difficulty 26.7%, and transportation 17.5% as reasons for insufficient care.
0380.1% said they received prenatal care from midwives or nurses, and these women had higher scores in some subscales than women who received care from doctors.
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What it does not show
The study included only Syrian pregnant women who could speak Turkish and were seen at a hospital in Mardin. Participants were selected purposefully, not randomly, so the results cannot be generalized to all Syrian refugee women. Data were collected over a short period, and the study did not follow women over time. Satisfaction was self-reported, and the study cannot show that any service caused higher satisfaction.
Declared interests
The supplied text reports funding from Mardin Artuklu University Scientific Research Projects Coordination and partly from CNPq in Brazil. It does not list competing interests.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that midwives or nurses cause higher satisfaction. This was a survey, and the women's other circumstances may explain the difference.