Knowledge, attitude and behaviors of midwifery students related to nonpharmacological methods used in the management of labor painstudent's

Purpose: This study was planned and applied in order to determine the level of knowledge and raise the awareness of midwifery students in relation to nonpharmacological methods used in the management of labor pain. Material and Methodology: The study was conducted as a descriptive study with 60 students who study at the Midwifery Department of Vocational Health School of Istanbul Bilim University and agreed to participate in the study. The data was collected using a questionnaire form with the permit of institution and approval of ethics committee. The questionnaires were evaluated using the SPSS 22.0 program. Findings: According to the study, it was found that 43.3% (n=26) of midwifery students have knowledge about nonpharmacological methods and applied at least one of these methods to a pregnant woman. It was also found that there is a significant difference between the behavior sub-dimension scores when the scores of evaluation form of knowledge level on nonpharmacological methods used in the management of labor pain are compared by age group of midwifery students, the attitude subdimension scores of 2nd grade midwifery students are significantly higher than that of 4th grade midwifery students when compared by their current grades, the behavior sub-dimension scores of 18-19, 22-23 and 24 years old and older midwifery students are significantly higher than 20-21 years old midwifery students when compared by their ages, and there is a statistically significant difference between the attitude sub-dimension scores when compared by getting information about the management labor pain (p<0.05). Conclusion: There is a need to improve the knowledge of students about the nonpharmacological methods used in management of labor pain. To that end, the knowledge of students should be reinforced by means of relevant theoretical education as well as visual learning techniques and simulation application methods.