Gaining insight from future mothers: A survey of attitudes and perspectives of childbirth

Clemons, Janine H.; Payne, Deborah; Garrett, Nick; Couper, Judith McAra; Farrya, Annabel; Swift, Emma; Stoll, Kathrin

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2022.103499

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“…Women with higher scores on fear of childbirth, however, agree more with medical interventions during childbirth, continuous professional presence, and agree less with participation in delivery. This result coincides with previous studies (18) (27) (39) in which it is shown that both fear and greater medical intervention in childbirth lead to higher morbidity rates and worse postpartum recovery.…”

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Does the birth plan match what is relevant to women? Women's preferences when giving birth

Artieta-Pinedo

Paz-Pascual

García-Álvarez

et al. 2023

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Background: To support women in making shared decisions, it is important to know what is relevant to them. The aim is to explore which of the options included in birth plans are of most interest to women, and whether the variability is associated with personal characteristics Methods: Participants were asked about their degree of agreement with statements about delivery environment, accompaniment, pain relief, medical intervention and neonatal care. The relationship between agreement with each statement, sociodemographic variables and fear of childbirth (W-DEQ-A) was analysed. Results: 247 women responded. More than 90% preferred a hospital delivery, with information about and control over medical intervention, accompanied by their partner and continuous skin-to-skin contact with the newborn. There are other questions to which women attach less importance or which show greater variability in their responses; these are questions related to more clinical aspects. More than 30% had a neutral opinion on foetal monitoring, placenta delivery, or cord clamping. There are various factors that are related to this variability;parity, nationality, educational level, risk factor or fear of childbirth are the most important. Conclusions: The birth plan currently on offer is only partly tailored to women's areas of interest. There are some issues, mostly identified as very important, that should form the basis of childbirth care rather than being an option: these are the aspects more connected to human relationships in childbirth. Other clinical issues, which present greater variability, must be offered for reflection, together with the information and support necessary for decision-making.

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Does the birth plan match what is relevant to women? Women's preferences when giving birth

Artieta-Pinedo

Paz-Pascual

García-Álvarez

et al. 2023

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“…Women with higher scores on fear of childbirth, however, agree more with medical interventions during childbirth, continuous professional presence, and agree less with participation in delivery. This result coincides with previous studies [ 18 , 27 , 41 ] in which it is shown that both fear and greater medical intervention in childbirth lead to higher morbidity rates and worse postpartum recovery.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Fear of childbirth, age, parity (none/one or more children) [ 24 ], nationality (Spanish/foreign) [ 25 , 26 ], level of education (low/medium/high), paid work (yes/no) and the presence of some previous risk factor (obesity, previous obstetric or chronic pathology) with two possible answers (yes/no) are considered. Fear of childbirth was measured by its influence on the choices about childbirth seen in other works [ 27 – 29 ]. It was measured using the W-DEQ-A questionnaire validated in Spanish [ 30 ].…”

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Does the birth plan match what is relevant to women? Preferences of Spanish women when giving birth

Artieta-Pinedo,

Paz-Pascual,

Garcia-Alvarez

et al. 2024

BMC Women's Health

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Background To support women in making shared decisions, it is important to know what is relevant to them. The aim is to explore which of the options included in birth plans (BP) are of most interest to women, and which are more controversial. In addition, the possible association of this variability with personal characteristics. Methods The data are part of a cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out in xxx, on the clinimetric characteristics of two instruments to measure women’s needs in labour and postpartum. Women were recruited consecutively by their midwives during pregnancy check-ups, receive a link to a digital questionnaire and were allowed to provide links to the questionnaires to other pregnant women. Women were asked to determine their level of agreement with statements about the birth environment, accompaniment, pain relief, medical intervention and neonatal care. The relationship between agreement with each statement, socio-demographic variables and fear of childbirth (W-DEQ-A) was analysed using a combination of descriptive statistics to analyse frequencies, and regression models to test the effect of socio-demographic variables and fear of childbirth on those items with the greatest variability. Results Two hundred forty-seven women responded. More than 90% preferred a hospital delivery, with information about and control over medical intervention, accompanied by their partner and continuous skin-to-skin contact with the newborn. There are other questions to which women attach less importance or which show greater variability, related to more clinical aspects, like foetal monitoring, placenta delivery, or cord clamping… Various factors are related to this variability; parity, nationality, educational level, risk factor or fear of childbirth are the most important. Conclusions Some items referring to the need for information and participation are practically unanimous among women, while other items on technical interventions generate greater variability. That should make us think about which ones require a decision after information and which ones should be included directly. The choice of more interventional deliveries is strongly associated with fear of childbirth.

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Covid-19 (Koronavirüs) Pandemi Sürecinde Bireylerde Doğum Korkusunun Belirlenmesi

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Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi

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Giriş: Covid-19 pandemi süreci birçok alanda olduğu gibi bireylerin gebelik ve çocuk sahibi olma düşüncelerini de etkilemiştir. Amaç: Bu araştırmada pandemi sürecinde gebelik öncesi dönemdeki bireylerin doğum korkusunu incelenmek amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Araştırma tanımlayıcı-kesitsel tiptedir. Araştırmaya üreme çağında (18-49 yaş) olan, çocuk sahibi olmayan ve gelecekte çocuk sahibi olmayı planlayan/isteyen 385 katılımcı dâhil edilmiştir. Veri toplama formunda katılımcıların sosyo-demografik özellikleri ile pandemi sürecinde gebelik ve çocuk sahibi olmayı planlamalarına yönelik sorular ve “Gebelik Öncesi Doğum Korkusu (GÖDK) Ölçeği” yer almaktadır. Bulgular: Katılımcıların %72.2’si gelecekte doğuma/eşinin doğumuna yönelik korku yaşamakta iken; %41’i pandemi sürecinde bu korkunun arttığını belirtmiştir. Katılımcıların toplam GÖDK ölçeği puan ortalaması 40.49 ± 11.10’dur. Doğum korkusunun cinsiyet, medeni durum, gelir getiren bir işte çalışma durumu ve gelir durumuna göre farklılaştığı saptanmıştır. Gelecekte doğuma/ eşinin doğumuna yönelik korku yaşayanların ve pandemi sürecinde doğuma/eşinin doğumuna yönelik korkusu artanların GÖDK ölçeği puan ortalamasının anlamlı olarak daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Pandemi süreci bireylerin doğum korkusunun artmasına neden olmuştur. Katılımcıların çoğu pandemi sürecinde çocuk sahibi olmayı planlamadığını ifade etmiştir.

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Gaining insight from future mothers: A survey of attitudes and perspectives of childbirth

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Does the birth plan match what is relevant to women? Women's preferences when giving birth

Does the birth plan match what is relevant to women? Women's preferences when giving birth

Does the birth plan match what is relevant to women? Preferences of Spanish women when giving birth

Covid-19 (Koronavirüs) Pandemi Sürecinde Bireylerde Doğum Korkusunun Belirlenmesi

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