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Abstract
Childbirth is physically challenging and can be accompanied by psychological stress. Women have a strong desire for safe, supportive, kind, respectful and responsive care during labor and birth. Aim: Evaluate the effect of supportive care provided to women by companion during childbirth on labor progress and maternal satisfaction. Subjects and Method: Design: Quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: study conduct at antenatal clinic in medical center in Damietta city at labor unit in Al-Azhar university hospital on 150 parturient women divided to groups (control group and study group each group was 75 participant) who attending the labor unit. Tools: data collected using structured interviewing sheet, Observation checklists and Satisfaction scale. Results: 84% of the companions demonstrated adequate supportive care. Significantly shorter durations of Stage I and Stage II were revealed among women in the study group compared with control group. In total, 86.7% of the women in the study group were satisfied with the labor process, compared with 20.0% in the control group (p<0.001). Conclusion: supportive care from a companion is effective in shortening the duration of labor and higher levels of satisfaction among laboring women. Recommendations: Establish systems, protocols, policies and strategies to enhance the application of companion support during labor.