Abstract:
Background: Mistreatment during childbirth is a worldwide phenomenon that takes various
forms, from absence of informed consent to physical harm. Evidence is required to better
understand the prevalence of mistreatment to inform directions for appropriate practice.
Objectives: To assess mistreatment during child birth and associated factors among women who
gave birth in Woliso town health facilities from March 10 up to April 8, 2023.
Methods: Facility based cross-sectional study design supported with concurrent qualitative data
collection method were employed among 411 women who were selected by systematic random
sampling technique from Woliso town health facilities from March 10 up to April 8, 2023.
Quantitative data were collected by using structured questionnaires while interview guides were
used for qualitative data. The collected data were entered into EPI info version 7.2.2.6 statistical
software and exported to SPSS version 20 statistical package for analysis. Both descriptive
analysis and logistic regression analysis were performed. Variables with P-value < 0.25 in bivariable
analysis were entered into the multivariable logistic regressions. On multivariable logistic
regression analysis variables with a p-value of <0.05 were considered to declare the statistically
significant association. The qualitative data were transcribed, translated, coded, categorized,
thematized and triangulated with quantitative data. Finally, the results were presented by using
texts and tables.
Results: All of the study participants were responds to the questionnaire by making the response
rate of 100%. In this study, the magnitude of mistreatment during childbirth was (55.5%, 95% CI;
50.4, 60.3). Women who previous delivered at health center [AOR=2.7, 95%CI: (1.62, 4.50)],
number of laboring women in delivery ward at a time 2-4 labouring women [AOR=3.01, 95%CI:
(1.45, 6.27)] and five and above of laboring women [AOR=3.83, 95%CI: (1.67, 8.77)], were
factors significantly associated with mistreatment during childbirth.
Conclusion: This study concluded the overall magnitude of mistreatment during childbirth is
relatively high. Previous place of delivery and number of laboring women in delivery ward at a
time were the identified predictor variables with mistreatment in the study area
