The Effect of Teaching Patients’ Rights to Midwifery Students on Their Compliance with Patients’ Rights at Fatemieh Hospital, Hamadan, Iran

Medical ethics has emphasized the necessity of respecting patients’ rights.

This study aimed to determine the effect of teaching patients’ rights to midwifery students on their compliance with patients’ rights in Fatemieh Maternity Hospital in Hamadan.

This quasi-experimental study was performed on all of the midwifery students in the last academic year in 2018. Also, a sample population of 300 pregnant women who were hospitalized for normal vaginal delivery (150 cases in the control group and 150 in the intervention group) was included. A researcher-made checklist was used for assessing compliance with patients’ rights, which was completed for midwifery students before and after training. Also, pregnant women's satisfaction was assessed using a questionnaire. A workshop in two days was implemented for the midwifery students group about the patients' rights charter. Data were analyzed with SPSS 16 software.

There was no significant difference between the two groups of pregnant women in terms of education, age, gravida, and para (P > 0.05). The mean score of the adequate services had a significant difference between the before and after training (P < 0.01). The other dimension of patients’ rights was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). There was a significant difference in pregnant women’s satisfaction in psychological domain (P < 0.05).

The patients’ rights charter workshop for midwifery students is recommended to improve awareness of them and patient satisfaction.