Open AccessBetween pain and pleasure: Pregnant women′s knowledge and preferences for pain relief in labor, a pilot study from Zaria, Northern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Ogboli-Nwasor,
SE Adaji
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.144059
Subject(s) - medicine , labor pain , pain relief , descriptive statistics , hausa , ethnic group , pregnancy , anesthesia , linguistics , statistics , genetics , philosophy , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , biology
Pain relief in labor remains a hot topic and these debates get louder by the day as more women become aware of their rights to better quality of care in labor. This study was conceived in a background where the practice of pain relief in labor is evolving and where women are seeking to fulfill their need for pain-free labor.