Open Access‘n Ondersoek na die persoonlike ervaring van bevoegdheid van studentvroedvroue in die uitvoer van episiotomie-hegtings
Author(s) -
Mary Estelle Bester,
H. A. Lamprecht
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v18i4.1375
Subject(s) - episiotomy , psychology , significant difference , descriptive statistics , medical education , nursing , medicine , pregnancy , mathematics , statistics , genetics , biology
A nan-experimental, descriptive study was conducted to determine the knowledge and efficiency of student midwives in the performing of episiotomy repairs. A questionnaire was administered to 50 students front the two universities and affiliated colleges in the Western Cape. Sixty percent (N = 3O) of the respondents regarded themselves as efficient. However, only one of these respondents had all the necessary knowledge concerning perineal repairs with 15 (50%) of these respondents' knowledge that could be considered as insufficient. Fifty-four percent of the respondents (N = 27) considered it necessary to repair more than 3 episiotomies in order to feel confident