CONCLUSION
Our survey echoes that a significant number of parturients at the delivery unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital were well informed of epidural labour analgesia service. Surprisingly, very few showed interested in the epidural labour analgesia service. We identified age, educational background, cultural or religious beliefs, cost of the epidural labour analgesia service and attitude of some midwives to influence the patronage. The findings of this study have concepts for obstetric and anaesthesia education and practice. Healthcare providers have the responsibility to publicize comprehensive and evidence-based data to the public. Parturients, family members, friends and spouses should be educated on the benefits and risks of epidural for labour analgesia before admission to the delivery unit. An in-depth understanding of the factors observed in this study may well qualify healthcare workers to help in the decision-making process.