202C.S.E. analgesia in active labor: effects of the intrathecal administration of l-Bupivacaine or Ropivacaine on onset and side effects

La patient satisfaction (P.S.) quale indice di qualità in un servizio di partoanalgesia

Intrapartum analgesia as condition of human satisfaction at hospital

The study investigates parturients’ satisfaction with intrapartum analgesia. It aims to assess their opinions about hospital and health staff involved in delivery, besides investigating emotional control, locus control and bond between mothers and their newborn infants. A multidimensional approach has been used to investigate the variable of woman as a person, the variable of context and the variable of bond with the newborn infant. The study was conducted according to a quasi-experimental design, with a control group. The study was performed within the Analgesia and Intensive Care Operational Unit of the Maternal-Infant Department of the P. Giaccone University General Hospital of Palermo. …