Partograph Utilization and Associated Factors among Obstetric Care Providers Working in Public Health Facilities of Wolaita Zone, 2017

Table 3

Attitude of obstetric caregivers towards partograph utilization in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017 ().

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
To follow women in labor, using partograph is beneficial for the laboring women	Agree	237	88.1%
	Disagree	32	11.9%
The partograph is very favorable as it alerts skilled birth attendant of any deviation from normal	Agree	236	87.7%
	Disagree	33	12.3%
By using a partograph, health caregivers are able to identify problems and recognize complications early	Agree	235	87.4%
	Disagree	34	12.6%
Skilled birth attendant must use a partograph on every laboring mother	Agree	239	88.8%
	Disagree	30	11.2%
Using partograph enables health caregivers to perform essential basic interventions and make referrals to appropriate levels of care when necessary	Agree	240	89.2%
	Disagree	29	10.8%
Using partograph is not beneficial as the estimate it gives is exaggerated	Agree	24	8.9%
	Disagree	245	91.1%
Using partograph misleads management as the progress of labor and the partograph alert line are not aligned in most pregnant woman	Agree	23	8.5%
	Disagree	246	91.5%