Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
cilt.31, sa.1, ss.26-33, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
The fact that midwifery interventions which take place
mainly in confidential and private areas such as reproductive health,
pregnancy and birth requires midwives to have high ethical sensitivity.
In this study, it was aimed to determine the ethical sensitivities of midwives working in the delivery room and the factors associated with their
ethical sensitivities. In this descriptive and cross-sectional study was
conducted in 8 public hospitals in Kocaeli. The study participants consisted of 80 midwives working in the delivery room in these hospitals.
The data were collected an anonymous self-administered questionnaire
which included Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire (ESQ). Descriptive
statistics, Student t and Mann-Whitney U tests were used in the evaluation of the data, and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Seventy midwives (87.5%) participated in the study. 42.9% of the midwives were in the 25-34 age range, 28.6% had 21 years or more professional experience, and 77.1% received vocational ethics education.
The ethical sensitivity of the midwives with a mean score of 3.05 on the
Ethical Sensitivity Scale was moderate. In this study, it was concluded
that the ethical sensitivity of the midwives working in the delivery room
is insufficient and that the existing ethical education programs has not
developed ethical sensitivity. Midwives with high ethical sensitivity
can ensure that women and newborns receive qualified care. Therefore,
the ethical sensitivities of midwives should be developed through education programs that emphasize how to deal with ethical issues that
may cause moral distress