Effect of workshop training on midwives' communication skills and maternal satisfaction in maternity block

authors:

avatar Farideh Rezaei‑Abhari 1 , avatar Somayeh Khorshidi 2 , avatar Mehdi Pourasghar 3 , avatar Jamshid Yazdani‑Charati 4 , avatar Marjan Ahmad shirvani 5 , *

Department of Midwifery, Nasibeh Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Vesal St. Sari, Iran
Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences: Vol.6, issue 4; 157-163
published online: September 05, 2019
article type: Research Article
received: April 06, 2019
accepted: May 18, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/jnms.jnms_16_19

how to cite: Rezaei‑Abhari F, Khorshidi S, Pourasghar M, Yazdani‑Charati J, Ahmad shirvani M. Effect of workshop training on midwives' communication skills and maternal satisfaction in maternity block. J Nurs Midwifery Sci. 2019;6(4):e140986. https://doi.org/10.4103/jnms.jnms_16_19.

Abstract

Context: Communication skills have an important role in people satisfactions. Mothers’ satisfactions with midwives’ communication skills can make an appropriate setting in order to achieve psychological and physical health of mothers.
Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of training workshop on midwives’ communication skills and mothers’ satisfaction in maternity unit. Setting and Design: This semi-experimental study was done with participation of 40 midwives in maternity unit and 100 mothers in postnatural delivery ward in Mahdieh Hospital, Tehran, Iran, in 2016.
Materials and Methods: Sampling was done by census method for midwives and by available method for mothers. Two sessions of communication skills workshop were performed for mothers in two consecutive days. Midwives’ communication skills were assessed by Jerabek questionnaire and mothers’ satisfaction was measured by satisfaction with communication questionnaire before intervention and 4 weeks later.
Statistical Analysis Used: Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, frequency, mean, standard deviation, pair and independent t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used for data analysis.
Results: Before intervention, mean and standard deviation for midwives’ communication skills was 99.44 ± 9.19 and for mothers’ satisfaction was 61.88 ± 17.8. After communication skills training workshop, midwives’ communication skill raised to 139.62 ± 7.13 (P = 0.002) and mothers’ satisfaction increased to 88.68 ± 12.79 (P = 0.003).
Conclusion: Communication skill training to midwives may have a positive effect on mothers’ satisfaction. Thus, integrating communication skills training in continuing midwifery education program is suggested.

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