The Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study making sense of labour and birth – Experiences of women, partners and midwives of a complementary medicine antenatal education course

Levett, Kate M; Smith, Caroline; Bensoussan, Alan; Dahlen, Hannah

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2016.06.011

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“…The provided education intended to help participants develop an understanding of physiology of normal labor and birth, and be equipped with a "tool kit" of relaxation techniques that could facilitate this physiology. The findings of the service evaluation are congruent with the studies in confirming that offering such antenatal education could reduce women's fear and anxiety (Downe et al, 2015) and improve childbirth experiences (Levett et al, 2016b;Smith et al, 2011;Werner, Uldbjerg, Zachariae, Wu, & Nohr, 2013). It seems the combination of theory, experience, sharing experience, and employing an empowering and positive language may have positively impacted the women's perception of childbirth.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

“…Antenatal educational interventions aim to promote normality, contribute to psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, and improve experiences of childbirth (Crowther, 2014;Crowther, Smythe, & Spence, 2014a;Gedde-Dahl & Fors, 2012;Smith et al, 2011;Werner, Uldbjerg, Zachariae, Wu, & Nohr, 2013). Emerging evidence supports relaxation techniques in childbirth and shows that when these techniques are employed by laboring women negative emotions, such as fear and anxiety, can be ameliorated while the relaxation itself contributes to feelings of self-confidence and satisfaction (Abbasi, Ghazi, Barlow-Harrison, Sheikhvatan, & Mohammadyari, 2009;Finlayson et al, 2015;Levett, Smith, Bensoussan, & Dahlen, 2016b). There are several quantitative studies exploring the use of antenatal education interventions.…”

Section: Physiology and Emotional Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Service Evaluation of Relaxation Workshops for Pregnant Women

Tabib¹,

Crowther²

2018

J Perinat Educ

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This article reports a service evaluation of “antenatal education on physiology of childbirth and relaxation.” A service evaluation was carried out during group class discussion, immediately after the workshops, and following birth. Identified themes in the collected data were (a) my own relaxation, (b) confident, and not afraid, (c) proud of myself, (d) unexpected and feeling in control, and (e) support. Overall, women creatively customized the learned skills and reported feelings of pride and confidence. They reported feeling able to apply relaxation techniques when unexpected situations arise. Support and encouragement from partners and midwives were also valued by women. The evaluation demonstrates the efficacy of designing antenatal education that includes education on physiology of normal birth and relaxation training.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

Section: Physiology and Emotional Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Service Evaluation of Relaxation Workshops for Pregnant Women

Tabib¹,

Crowther²

2018

J Perinat Educ

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“…It may also be surmised that the variety of coping strategies taught in YfP ( Campbell, 2018 ) helped the women to become more aware of their personal coping style, resulting in their using the strategies which suited them best. This resonates with studies indicating that women might benefit from antenatal education which helps them to choose from and incorporate a wide range of coping strategies covering all the different coping styles ( Carlsson et al, 2014;Escott et al, 2004;Escott et al, 2009;Karlsdottir et al, 2014;Levett et al, 2016;Salomonsson et al, 2013a ;).…”

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‘It definitely made a difference’: A grounded theory study of yoga for pregnancy and women's self-efficacy for labour

Campbell

Nolan

2019

Midwifery

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Objective: To explore women's experience of attending yoga for pregnancy classes in order to generate a theory about which aspects, if any, are effective in enhancing self-efficacy for labour and birth. Design: A longitudinal grounded theory study. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with women before they started yoga for pregnancy classes, after they had attended at least six classes, and finally, postnatally. Interview transcripts were analysed using constructive grounded theory and a self-efficacy framework. Setting: Three yoga for pregnancy teachers' classes in England. Participants: Twenty two women attending yoga for pregnancy classes. Findings: Analysis of interviews with women at three time points led to a propositional theory that yoga for pregnancy enhances women's self-efficacy for labour by building their confidence and competence through a combination of techniques. These include repeated practice of a variety of pain management strategies, use of affirming language and the telling of positive labour stories, underpinned by yoga practice to lower somatic response to stress.

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“…This is contradictory in developed countries where middle-aged pregnant women with higher education seem to look more for CAM, as in Switzerland 1 and Australia. 13 Although these studies were performed only with pregnant women, none of them were performed during pregnancy followed by chronic diseases such as diabetes. It is noteworthy that the public health system in Brazil, Malaysia and Turkey serves more low-income people with unfinished studies, while in Australia and Switzerland it covers the entire base population.…”

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“…Turkey and Malaysia are known to be developing countries, such as Brazil, and CAM users are mostly of low education and socioeconomic status; However, Switzerland and Australia are developed countries and showed that the majority of CAM users came from higher education and middle to high income levels. 1,13 Regardless of the female background, patients who are in a state of physical and / or mental pain try to find some solution to alleviate their suffering, which may explain the acceptance of pregnant women who were diagnosed with diabetes. on receiving CAM as they are concerned about their pregnancy and well-being.…”

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Acceptance of additional alternative medicine by pregnant diabetics

Rodrigues

Ferraz

Lima

et al. 2019

Rev enferm UFPE on line.

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Objetivo: avaliar como as mulheres grávidas com diabetes compreendem e aceitam o uso de práticas integrativas e complementares na saúde, especialmente o Reiki, durante o atendimento pré-natal. Método: trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, descritivo, exploratório, de gestantes diabéticas atendidas num Centro de Investigação do Diabetes Perinatal em um centro terciário, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com 12 gestantes. Audiogravaram-se e transcreveram-se as entrevistas para posterior análise cujos dados foram submetidos à técnica de Análise de Conteúdo. Resultados: demonstrou-se, pela maioria das mulheres gestantes diagnosticadas com diabetes, o conhecimento de algumas práticas integrativas e complementares na saúde. Receber-se-iam, além disso, por um grande número de entrevistadas, tais terapias se essas fossem disponíveis no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), porém, a terapia Reiki mostrou ser desconhecida entre as pacientes. Conclusão: serve-se este estudo como ponto de partida para profissionais de saúde introduzirem as terapias integrativas e complementares na saúde pública brasileira. Tornam-se necessários estudos adicionais em outras populações para obter uma visão mais profunda e detalhada do perfil das pacientes em diferentes regiões. Descritores: Terapias Complementares; Pré-natal; Gravidez em Diabéticas; Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde; Toque Terapêutico; Análise Qualitativa.AbstractObjective: to evaluate how pregnant women with diabetes understand and accept the use of integrative and complementary health practices, especially Reiki, during prenatal care. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study of diabetic pregnant women seen at a Perinatal Diabetes Research Center in a tertiary center, through semi-structured interviews with 12 pregnant women. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed for later analysis whose data were submitted to the Content Analysis technique. Results: it was demonstrated, by most pregnant women diagnosed with diabetes, the knowledge of some integrative and complementary practices in health. In addition, a large number of respondents would receive such therapies if they were available in the Unified Health System (UHS), but Reiki therapy was unknown to patients. Conclusion: this study serves as a starting point for health professionals to introduce integrative and complementary therapies in Brazilian public health. Further studies in other populations are needed to gain a deeper and more detailed view of patients' profiles in different regions. Descriptors: Complementary Therapies; Prenatal Care; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Therapeutic Touch; Qualitative Analysis.ResumenObjetivo: evaluar cómo las mujeres embarazadas con diabetes entienden y aceptan el uso de prácticas de salud integradoras y complementarias en salud, especialmente el Reiki, durante la atención prenatal. Método: este es un estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, exploratorio de mujeres embarazadas diabéticas atendidas en un Centro de Investigación de Diabetes Perinatal en un centro terciario, a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas con 12 mujeres embarazadas. Las entrevistas se grabaron en audio y se transcribieron para un análisis posterior cuyos datos fueron sometidos a la técnica de Análisis de Contenido. Resultados: la mayoría de las mujeres embarazadas diagnosticadas con diabetes demostraron el conocimiento de algunas prácticas integradoras y complementarias en salud. Además, un gran número de encuestados recibiría tales terapias si estuvieran disponibles en el Sistema Único de Salud (SUS), pero la terapia de Reiki era desconocida para los pacientes. Conclusión: este estudio sirve como punto de partida para que los profesionales de la salud introduzcan terapias integradoras y complementarias en la salud pública brasileña. Se necesitan más estudios en otras poblaciones para obtener una visión más profunda y detallada de los perfiles de los pacientes en diferentes regiones. Descriptores: Terapias Complementares; Atención Prenatal; Embarazo em Diabéticas; Aceptación de la Atención de Salud; Tacto Terapéutico; Análisis Cualitativo.

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The Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study making sense of labour and birth – Experiences of women, partners and midwives of a complementary medicine antenatal education course

Cited by 27 publications

References 34 publications

Service Evaluation of Relaxation Workshops for Pregnant Women

Service Evaluation of Relaxation Workshops for Pregnant Women

‘It definitely made a difference’: A grounded theory study of yoga for pregnancy and women's self-efficacy for labour

Acceptance of additional alternative medicine by pregnant diabetics

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