Table 3.
Attitude towards partograph utilization among OCPs in governmental health facilities in West Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia, 2019.
| Variables | OCPs respondents (n = 322) | |
|---|---|---|
| Unfavorable attitudes N (%) | Favorable attitudes N (%) | |
| Partograph is a tool to monitor labor | 90 (28) | 232 (72) |
| Partograph used in all normal labor | 105 (32.6) | 217 (67.4) |
| Partograph should be used for high-risk mothers only | 131 (40.7) | 191 (59.3) |
| Use of partograph decreases risks of complication on mother and/or newborn | 85 (26.4) | 237 (73.6) |
| Partograph helps early identification of cases for transfer, augmentation, and/or surgery | 87 (27) | 235 (73) |
| Using partograph increases the quality and regularity of all observations for mother and fetus | 80 (24.8) | 242 (75.2) |
| Using partograph is an only time-consuming task without any benefit | 178 (55.3) | 144 (44.7) |
| Using partograph is the responsibility of midwife only | 79 (24.5) | 243 (75.5) |
| Using partograph is not an appropriate method of monitoring | 122 (37.9) | 200 (62.1) |
| Using partograph misleads management as the progress of labor | 135 (41.9) | 187 (58.1) |
| Total attitude | Favorable | 174 (54) |
| Unfavorable | 148 (46) | |