Knowledge about Labour Analgesia among Final Year Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Lack of understanding regarding labour pain has long been shown to be a burden on both health care providers and expectant mothers. Labor analgesia is still not well established and is undermining in underdeveloped nations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore final year medical students' knowledge and attitudes towards pain relief during labor.

A cross-sectional study was conducted among final year undergraduate medical students of a tertiary care medical college hospital for 2 months. A Structured, and self-administered questionnaire was used (N = 97). Data was analyzed by using coGuide software, V.1.0.3.

No statistical significance found in awareness parameters before learning about labour analgesia (P Value >0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between self-grading. However, there was statistically significant difference in different awareness related parameters before and after learning labour analgesia and many showed the improvement in post class response compared to before class response. (P value <0.05).

The current study revealed that before learning labour analgesia students had lack of knowledge regarding labour analgesia. The awareness class proved to be very effective for students to gain appropriate knowledge about labour analgesia and its importance as a reliable pain relief method.