Abstract:
Background: Partograph is the graphic representation of labor and it is used to prevent
prolonged labor with its complications. Health care providers assisted delivery using a
partograph during labor has paramount importance in identifying any deviation during labor.
Despite the recommendation, studies indicated that the partograph utilization among obstetric
care providers is still low.
Objective: The aim of this study is to assess partograph utilization and associated factors
among obstetrics care providers in public health institutions in Gambella Region, Anywa
Zone western Ethiopia 2021.
Methods: An Institution based cross-sectional study design was conducted from August 1st
to September one 2021 .A pre-tested and structured self-administered questionnaire was used
to collect data .In Anywa Zone there are 1 primary hospital and 11 health centers. Primary
hospital was selected and 6 health centers were selected by using simple random method. The
collected data was checked manually for completeness then, coded entered into Epi data
version 4.6.0.4, then exported to SPSS version 26 for analysis.
Result: 95.3% of study participants was utilized partograph routinely and Majority (83.5%)
and (91%) had good knowledge and favorable attitude on partograph utilization respectively.
The odds of currently working in the hospital were about 13 times higher to utilize the
partograph than the one who were working in health centers (P- 0.022, AOR = 13.278,
CI:1.462, 120.616). workload, lack of supervision and lack of trained human power, those are
a variables that affected the utilization of partograph. Current working in, Receive any
training on the use of partograph (P-Value .000, AOR 19.440, CI, 2.747,137.561 ) and
favorable attitude(P-Value .002, AOR.10, CI, 2.384, 41.948) were variables significant
associated with partograph utilization
Conclusion: The study revealed that higher proportion of obstetric care providers use
partograph to follow the progress of labor. Majority of them has good knowledge about
partograph utilization, almost all of them has favorable attitude about partograph utilization
Recommendation Further study will be done on the large simple size in order to make the
representative the result with different method, so that the generalization is possible.
Evaluate the actual practices of health care providers if they have follow mothers in labor that
possible use has feedback for the labor outcome
