INTRODUCTION
Post-cesarean section pain is a
common cause of acute pain in obstetrics, although pain relief and
patient satisfaction are still inadequate in many cases (1). A global
element of health care management has become measuring maternal
satisfaction states that a basic indicator of the quality of care is
maternal satisfaction (2). In order to fully understand the satisfaction
of post-C/S pain management, it is imperative to identify factors
influencing satisfaction with pain management among mothers (3).Maternal
satisfaction with postoperative pain management is the result of
satisfaction with the care process and care outcome which include
waiting time, provision of information, access, and adequacy of care (4,
6). Maternal satisfaction with pain management generally encompassed
both psychosocial and technical aspects of care, strongly associated
with effective pain management (7).
Patient satisfaction is one of the essential indicators of health
management which can help improve the quality of service in healthcare
settings. Thus, the current study was aimed at determining the extent of
maternal satisfaction after c/s with pain management at Debere Markose
Specialized Comprehensive Hospital. The findings of the study should
help upper-level health management, in particular those overseeing
health institutions in the country by providing a better understanding
of hospitals.
Patient satisfaction with post-operative pain management still remains a
common problem in health care (2). However, despite persistent pain for
most patients in clinical contexts, pain management has received
astonishingly little attention from healthcare professionals, due to
unrealistic patient satisfaction with pain management services (8)
Maternal‟ satisfaction with postoperative pain is crucial to measure the
performance and success of healthcare institutions. To provide a
standard of practice in pain management, and reduce the cost of
dissatisfaction it is necessary to identify patient outcomes in terms of
patients‟ self-reports of pain management satisfaction (13).
Prior studies in our county related to postoperative pain management
were mainly focused on the prevalence of postoperative pain intensity.
During my search, there was no evidence that shows the magnitude of
maternal satisfaction with postoperative pain management in the study
area. The available evidence in different set up and participants might
affect the level of maternal satisfaction. This study might play an
important role in this case as a baseline for the next research to be
done in this area, to resolve the problems of maternal dissatisfaction.