A systematic review and meta-analysis of women’s satisfaction with skilled delivery care and the associated factors in Ethiopia

Evidence of variation in maternity health service practices has increased the government’s interest in quantifying and advancing the quality of institutional delivery care in the developing world, including Ethiopia. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to update and provide more representative data on women’s satisfaction with skilled delivery care and the associated factors in Ethiopia. This systematic review and meta-analysis followed the Preferred Reporting Items 2015 guideline. We searched PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar electronic databases for all 36 included studies. The pooled prevalence of women’s satisfaction with skilled delivery care and the associated factors were estimated using a random-effects model. Subgroup analysis and meta-regression were performed to identify the source of heterogeneity. Furthermore, publication bias was checked using eggers and funnel plots. All statistical analyses were performed using STATA version 14.0 software. The pooled prevalence of women’s satisfaction with skilled delivery care was 67.31 with 95% confidence interval (60.18–74.44). Wanted pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio = 2.86, 95% confidence interval: (2.24–3.64)), having a plan to deliver at a health facility (adjusted odds ratio = 2.09, 95% confidence interval: (1.42–3.09)), access to ambulance service (adjusted odds ratio = 1.52, 95% confidence interval: (1.00–2.31)), waiting time < 15 min (adjusted odds ratio = 3.66, 95% confidence interval: (2.51–5.33)), privacy assured (adjusted odds ratio = 3.94, 95% confidence interval: (2.23–6.94)), short duration of labour < 12 hr (adjusted odds ratio = 2.55, 95% confidence interval: (1.58–4.12)), proper labour pain management (adjusted odds ratio = 3.01, 95% confidence interval: (1.46–6.22)), and normal newborn outcome (adjusted odds ratio = 3.94, 95% confidence interval: (2.17–7.15)) were associated with women’s satisfaction. Almost two-thirds of women were satisfied with skilled delivery care. In comparison, the remaining one-third were not satisfied with the care. The quality of intrapartum care, unwanted pregnancy, lack of ambulance services, prolonged duration of labour, poor labour pain management, and complicated newborn outcome were factors affecting women’s satisfaction with skilled delivery care in Ethiopia. Therefore, strategies need to be developed to increase the satisfaction level by considering the abovementioned factors during routine delivery care.