Birth experiences and making the birth experiences in mother-friendly hospital: A qualitative research based on comfort theory

Aim: This research; It was made in order to describe the experiences of women and midwives in giving birth in a mother-friendly hospital according to the Comfort Theory. Material and Method: It was conducted in a phenomenological pattern by making in-depth interviews with 13 midwives and 15 women who gave birth in the delivery room of a mother-friendly hospital. For data diversification (triangulation); interviewed with women and midwives, besides the interview records; women who gave birth were asked to write their memories and the researcher made observations and took field notes during the birth. For the analysis of the data obtained in the research, using the Nvivo 12 program. Results: Obtained theme diversity and density were interpreted and reported together with examples.10 theme tags were created while describing giving birth and giving birth experience in mother-friendly hospitals according to the Comfort Theory: Their frequencies were examined as Health care needs of women (f:219), Midwifery interventions (f:841), İntervening variables (f: 41), Enhanced comfort (f:1576), Health seeking behaviors (f:309), Difficult birth perception (f:71), Easy birth (f:320), Institutional integrity (f:209), Mother-friendly hospital policy (f:1263), Best practice (f:67). It was determined that Physical comfort (f:239) Sociocultural comfort (f:95), Psychological spiritual comfort (f 824), Environmental comfort (f:418) were referred to the subthemes of the increasing comfort theme. Conclusions: As a result of the mother-friendly hospital policy, ıt was concluded that change of maternity service strengthens midwifery, increases support and comfort for women, that it contributed to the naturalization of birth.