An Analysis Of Characteristics Of Labour And Outcome Before And After The Introduction Of The Partograph In A Hospital In Ghana

A B S TR A C T The main purpose o f th is re tro s p e c tiv e com parative stu dy o f random ly selected women was to assess the partograph as an aid to p a rtu ritio n and to p ro vid e fu rth e r inform ation to s u p p o rt more w idespread use o f th is instru m ent and id e n tify any areas w here im provem ent could be made. Two g ro up s o f women expecting th e ir f ir s t babies were stu die d. The p re -p a rto g ra p h group comprised 65 women who d elivered in 1988 before the p a rto g ra p h programme was in tro d u ce d in Ghana. The p o s t-p a rto g ra p h group composed o f 76 women who had th e ir babies in 1991, two years a fte r the inception o f th e programme. There was a s ta tis tic a lly s ig n ific a n t d iffe re n ce between the two g ro u p s which showed th a t more women in the p ostp a rto g ra p h group were given sedatives and tra n q u illis e rs in la b o u r (P

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DARKWAH, F (2021). An Analysis Of Characteristics Of Labour And Outcome Before And After The Introduction Of The Partograph In A Hospital In Ghana. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-characteristics-of-labour-and-outcome-before-and-after-the-introduction-of-the-partograph-in-a-hospital-in-ghana

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DARKWAH, FELICIA "An Analysis Of Characteristics Of Labour And Outcome Before And After The Introduction Of The Partograph In A Hospital In Ghana" Afribary. Afribary, 04 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-characteristics-of-labour-and-outcome-before-and-after-the-introduction-of-the-partograph-in-a-hospital-in-ghana. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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DARKWAH, FELICIA . "An Analysis Of Characteristics Of Labour And Outcome Before And After The Introduction Of The Partograph In A Hospital In Ghana". Afribary, Afribary, 04 Apr. 2021. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-characteristics-of-labour-and-outcome-before-and-after-the-introduction-of-the-partograph-in-a-hospital-in-ghana >.

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DARKWAH, FELICIA . "An Analysis Of Characteristics Of Labour And Outcome Before And After The Introduction Of The Partograph In A Hospital In Ghana" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 25, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-characteristics-of-labour-and-outcome-before-and-after-the-introduction-of-the-partograph-in-a-hospital-in-ghana