Bibliometric Study of the Term “Birth Trauma”

Abstract

Mothers and babies remember the same obstetric events. Babies experience a variety of negative and positive events during birth, "Rarely do babies not experience trauma" Babies have many symptoms that parents and doctors consider normal, but are actually symptoms of birth trauma. Obstetric interventions can be traumatic without relying on other factors to produce a negative effect. The most common obstetric interventions: anesthesia, induction, forceps, and caesarean section have been found to have a traumatic impact even in the absence of previous trauma. Midwifery interventions also have profound effects in other areas of life such as relationships, communication, sexuality, religious/spiritual beliefs, and physical health. Midwives play an important role in facilitating women's positive experiences of childbirth and childbirth with minimal trauma. Researchers have called for a 'salutogenic' health promotion approach to care rather than a pathogenic approach. This study explores the topic of birth trauma research through the Google Scholar database using bibliographic information from the Google Scholar article database between 2013 and 2022 using a total sampling technique. Data was extracted using Publish or Perish, VOS Viewer and Mendeley Desktop.