Apoio no nascimento: percepções de profissionais e acompanhantes escolhidos pela mulher

• Autor(a) principal: Brüggemann, Odaléa Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Osis, Maria José Duarte, Parpinelli, Mary Angela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006005000015
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/32192
• topic: Parto humanizado; Equipe de assistência ao paciente; Conhecimentos^i1^satitudes e prática em sa; Pesquisa qualitativa; Acompanhantes de pacientes; Humanizing delivery; Patient care team; Health knowledge^i2^sattitudes; pract; Qualitative research; Patient's companion

OBJECTIVE: To understand health care providers' perception on managing laboring women in the presence of a labor companion of their choice, and the labor companion's perception of this experience. METHODS: A qualitative study was conducted based on a controlled randomized clinical trial. Sampling was intentional and determined through information saturation. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 11 health care providers and 16 laboring companions in the obstetric unit of a maternity facility at the hospital complex, in Campinas, Southern Brazil, between October 2004 and March 2005. The thematic analysis of discourse was applied using the following methodological figures: central idea, key expressions and discourse of the collective subject. RESULTS: The most remarkable central ideas of health care providers were: no difference was observed in managing laboring women with a labor companion; positive changes were noted in labor management when a labor companion was present; the companion provided emotional support to laboring women who were more pleased, and felt safer and peaceful; many positive aspects were seen in the behavior and involvement of laboring women with a labor companion; the companion caused no problems and encouraged health providers to engage in a more humane and less routine attitude. The main central ideas of labor companions were: positive feelings, emotions, a sense of satisfaction with the experience; being with the laboring woman was a great opportunity to provide her emotional support; and they felt welcome by health care providers. CONCLUSIONS: Health providers considered positive the support provided by a labor companion and had no problems in managing laboring women in the presence of their companions. Labor companions were pleased and happy with this experience. There was no conflicting opinions.