Assessment of Midwives’ Knowledge in Baghdad Governmental Maternity Hospitals Related to Partograph Ghazal Rusul S.* Nursing Technology Department, Medical Technical Institute, Baghdad, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Qasim Ali Khasal. Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Thiqar, Iraq, E-mail: qasem9361@gmail.com.
Online published on 17 July, 2019. Abstract Objective To assess Midwives’ Knowledge in laboring theaters and perinatal wards in Baghdad Governmental Maternity Hospitals related to Partograph. A descriptive study was conducted, included (100) midwives from different levels of education who they are working in birth theaters to (5) Maternity Hospitals in Baghdad City, from July 5th, 2017 to November 25th 2017, to assess the level of Midwives’ Knowledge in Baghdad Governmental Maternity Hospitals related to Partograph by using interview technique and self-reporting technique (format prepare). A non-probability (purposive) sample of (100) midwives as (20) midwives from each hospital were selected. Questionnaire format was used for data collection. The validity of questionnaire was estimated through a penal of experts related to the field of study, and its reliability was estimated through a pilot study conducted included (10) nurses (excluded from the original sample). Data were analyzed through the application of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The study reveals that more than half of midwives (52%) their ages were between (20–29) years old, and (66%) of them were secondary midwifery school graduates. Also the study indicated that half of sample study of midwives had (1–5) years of employment. Top Keywords Assessment, Midwife, Knowledge, Partograph. Top |