Abstract:
This descriptive study was aimed at studying the factors capable of co-predicting the childbirth experiences of laboring women with unplanned cesarean section by using a conceptual framework from a review of factors related to and influencing the childbirth experience of laboring women as a guideline for the study. The samples were composed of 125 laboring women with cesarean section who came to give birth at Ramathibodi Hospital and Phramongkutklao Hospital and recovered in the postpartum unit and the private obstetric and gynecologic unit during February, 2016 to June, 2016. The samples were purposively sampled based on inclusion criteria. The data collection instruments consisted of the personal data questionnaire, the anxiety assessment form, the nurses support assessment form and the childbirth experience assessment form. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis. According to the findings, the factors capable of predicting the childbirth experiences of laboring women with unplanned cesarean section consisted of perceived nursing support, anxiety, pain relief medications and level of education, which were able to jointly explain variances in childbirth experience at 41.4 percent with statistical significance (p < .05). This study recommended nurses to continually assess perceived nursing support, anxiety, pain and level of education among laboring women to provide care and effectively help laboring women perceive positive childbirth experience.