%0 Journal Article
%T Knowledge and Attitude of Nurse-Midwives Regarding Maternal Health Care Quality Standards in Two Regional Teaching and Referral Hospitals in Kenya
%A Domisiano Koome Impwii
%A Lucy Kivuti-Bitok
%A Anna Karani
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 914-926
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2022.129076
%X <strong>Introduction</strong><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>:</strong> Maternal mortality remains a major health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa
and Kenya in particular. Providing quality maternal health care has the
potential of preventing over 75% of maternal deaths. The quality of maternal
health care requires the utilization of maternal health care quality standards. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objectives</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: The objective of this study was to determine the
nurse-midwives knowledge and attitude toward the use of maternal health </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">care quality standards. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methodology</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: This
study was a descriptive cross-sectional</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> survey carried out at Embu and
Meru teaching and referral hospitals in Kenya, between August and December
2021. Eighty-five nurse-midwives working in the maternity unit participated in
the study. Data was collected using a self-administered semi-structured
questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 27.0. Pearson¡¯s correlation
coefficient and Chi-square at Alpha level of 0.05 were used to test the
relationship between the variables which were the nurse-midwives knowledge,
attitude, and use of the quality standards. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Result</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: Most (84.7%, n = 72)
nurse-midwives were female and 44.7% (n = 38) were aged 20 - 29 years. Majority
(64.7%, n = 55) </span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">were diploma holders </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and almost half (44.7%, n = 38) had practiced for 1 - 9 years. The
average score for knowledge was 5.0 with 69.4% (n = 59) having a score of
&lt;7. Most nurse midwives (88.2%, n = 75) supported the use of the standards
even though only 67.1% (n = 57) indicated that they use them. The support for
the standards is significantly related to the gender of the respondents and
their duration </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">in</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span
%K Maternal Health Care
%K Quality
%K Standards
%K Nurse-Midwife
%K Kenya
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=119720