Intrapartum midwifery care impact Swedish couple's birth experiences - A cross-sectional study.
Birth experience
Couples
Intrapartum midwifery care
Quality of care
Uniformity
Journal
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
ISSN: 1878-1799
Titre abrégé: Women Birth
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101266131
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Historique:
received:
17
12
2017
revised:
08
06
2018
accepted:
19
08
2018
pubmed:
16
9
2018
medline:
6
8
2019
entrez:
16
9
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Parents' birth experiences affect bonding with their infant, which in turn may influence the child's future health. Parents' satisfaction with childbirth is multi-dimensional and dependent on both expectations and experiences. Increasing involvement of partners in intrapartum care may lead to an assumption that the birthing couple shares attitudes and expectations of intrapartum care. There is a limited knowledge regarding the uniformity of couples' experiences of labour and birth. To describe and compare uniformity in couples' birth experiences of the quality of intrapartum midwifery care. A quantitative cross-sectional study nested within a randomised controlled trial. In total 209 healthy primiparous mothers and their partners were recruited. A quality of care index was generated from an on-line questionnaire administered as a follow-up to the randomised controlled trial. Uniformity and differences were identified regarding the coupleś experiences of birth and their preferences for intrapartum care RESULTS: A high level of uniformity between the mothers and their partners was revealed. Birth was a positive experience for 79% of partners and 73% of mothers whom were more likely to have experienced a spontaneous vaginal birth. Partners and mothers with a less positive birth experienced deficiencies regarding: being in control, receiving information about labour progress and midwife's presence in labour room. Midwives can enhance couples' feeling of being in control during labour and birth by being attentive, present and continuously providing adequate information and emotional support.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Parents' birth experiences affect bonding with their infant, which in turn may influence the child's future health. Parents' satisfaction with childbirth is multi-dimensional and dependent on both expectations and experiences. Increasing involvement of partners in intrapartum care may lead to an assumption that the birthing couple shares attitudes and expectations of intrapartum care. There is a limited knowledge regarding the uniformity of couples' experiences of labour and birth.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To describe and compare uniformity in couples' birth experiences of the quality of intrapartum midwifery care.
METHOD
METHODS
A quantitative cross-sectional study nested within a randomised controlled trial. In total 209 healthy primiparous mothers and their partners were recruited. A quality of care index was generated from an on-line questionnaire administered as a follow-up to the randomised controlled trial. Uniformity and differences were identified regarding the coupleś experiences of birth and their preferences for intrapartum care RESULTS: A high level of uniformity between the mothers and their partners was revealed. Birth was a positive experience for 79% of partners and 73% of mothers whom were more likely to have experienced a spontaneous vaginal birth. Partners and mothers with a less positive birth experienced deficiencies regarding: being in control, receiving information about labour progress and midwife's presence in labour room.
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
Midwives can enhance couples' feeling of being in control during labour and birth by being attentive, present and continuously providing adequate information and emotional support.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30217554
pii: S1871-5192(17)30760-6
doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.08.163
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Langues
eng
Pagination
213-220Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018 Australian College of Midwives. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.