The relationship between childbirth self-efficacy and aspects of well-being, birth interventions and birth outcomes

Carlsson, Ing‐Marie; Ziegert, Kristina; Nissen, Eva

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2015.05.005

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“…The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire/W-DEQ [40]Wijma et al (1998)SwedenTo measure fear of childbirth during pregnancy and after childbirth.Consists of two versions; one to be used during pregnancy (version A) and one to be used after childbirth (version B) [40]. It has been used extensively [60–66] and cultural validation and translations have been made in several countries [67–69]. It is commonly used for measuring fear of childbirth, and it is properly developed with good psychometric properties.The Parental Satisfaction and Quality Indicators of Perinatal Care Instrument/PPC [58, 59]Wool, C. (2015a).Wool, C. (2015b).USTo measure parental satisfaction and quality indicators in parents electing to continue a pregnancy after learning of a life-limiting fetal diagnosis.This is the only instrument we identified concerning this subject [58, 59].…”

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“…The tool with the highest quality rating, of 9, was the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/experience Questionnaire [40], an instrument measuring fear specific to labour and childbirth with one version used during pregnancy (version A) and one used after childbirth (version B). The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/experience questionnaire has been used extensively [60–66] and cultural validation and translations have been made in several countries [67–69]. As this scale is commonly used for measuring fear of childbirth, and it is properly developed with good psychometric properties, we recommend this scale for measuring women’s experience of fear in childbirth, when a detailed survey is necessary.…”

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Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments

Nilvér

Begley

Berg

2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundWomen’s childbirth experience can have immediate as well as long-term positive or negative effects on their life, well-being and health. When evaluating and drawing conclusions from research results, women’s experiences of childbirth should be one aspect to consider. Researchers and clinicians need help in finding and selecting the most suitable instrument for their purpose. The aim of this study was therefore to systematically identify and present validated instruments measuring women’s childbirth experience.MethodsA systematic review was conducted in January 2016 with a comprehensive search in the bibliographic databases PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, The Cochrane Library and PsycINFO. Included instruments measured women’s childbirth experiences. Papers were assessed independently by two reviewers for inclusion, and quality assessment of included instruments was made by two reviewers independently and in pairs using Terwee et al’s criteria for evaluation of psychometric properties.ResultsIn total 5189 citations were screened, of which 5106 were excluded by title and abstract. Eighty-three full-text papers were reviewed, and 37 papers were excluded, resulting in 46 included papers representing 36 instruments. These instruments demonstrated a wide range in purpose and content as well as in the quality of psychometric properties.ConclusionsThis systematic review provides an overview of existing instruments measuring women’s childbirth experiences and can support researchers to identify appropriate instruments to be used, and maybe adapted, in their specific contexts and research purpose.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12884-017-1356-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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confidence: 99%

Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments

Nilvér

Begley

Berg

2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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137

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“…Previous research posits that an increase in educational attainment can lead to an increase in self-efficacy, which is "the belief that one can successfully accomplish a task and one's estimation that if the task is accomplished, it will lead to specific outcomes" [21], meaning that women who are more educated may be able to more confidently advocate for themselves both before and during their labours. Women with greater feelings of self-efficacy have been found to be more positive about pregnancy and birth, and to feel less pain and use fewer interventions (such as epidural pain management) during labour [21,22]. As the number of women in higher education has risen since 2000, future research into how education and parity influence maternal choice in childbirth in more recent cohorts would help illuminate the relationship between maternal self-efficacy and labour induction.…”

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Socioeconomic risk factors for labour induction in the United Kingdom

Carter

Channon

Berrington

2020

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background: Labour induction is a childbirth intervention experienced by a growing number of women globally each year. While the maternal and socioeconomic indicators of labour induction are well documented in countries like the United States, considerably less research has been done into which women have a higher likelihood of labour induction in the United Kingdom. This paper explores the relationship between labour induction and maternal demographic, socioeconomic, and health indicators by parity in the United Kingdom.Method: Logistic regression analyses were conducted using the first sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study, including a wide range of socioeconomic factors such as maternal educational attainment, marital status, and electoral ward deprivation, in addition to maternal and infant health indicators.Results: In fully adjusted models, nulliparous and multiparous women with fewer educational qualifications and those living in disadvantaged places had a greater likelihood of labour induction than women with higher qualifications and women in advantaged electoral wards.Conclusions: This paper highlights which UK women are at higher risk of labour induction and how this risk varies by socioeconomic status, demonstrating that less advantaged women are more likely to experience labour induction. This evidence could help health care professionals identify which patients may be at higher risk of childbirth intervention.

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“…Adequate information that gives way to realistic expectations about childbirth and enablement of participation are important prerequisites to enhance personal control and self-efficacy, two major determinants of childbirth satisfaction 38,39 . It has been demonstrated that lower childbirth self-efficacy was associated with higher fear of childbirth, low childbirth knowledge, women preferring a caesarean section and higher rates of epidural anaesthesia [39][40][41] . Consistently, in the present study women induced with castor oil were significantly more satisfied with participation in decision-making, less frequently required epidural pain relieve and had a significantly reduced rate of caesarean sections.…”

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Women’s experiences and perceptions of induction of labour: Results from a German online-survey

König-Bachmann¹,

Schwarz²,

Zenzmaier³

2017

Eur J Midwifery

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INTRODUCTION Induction of labour is common, with a large variety of indications and methods. Women's views and experiences still need to be explored in more depth. This study evaluated outcomes and childbirth experiences with different induction methods as perceived by women. METHODS A secondary data analysis of an online-survey with 698 participants comprising closed-ended and open-ended questions evaluating method and reason for induction, gestational age, mode of birth, assessment of received information, support and participation in decision-making, as well as the individual experience of labour and birth, was performed in 2015. Answers to open-ended questions were coded and assigned to main categories by inductive-content analysis. Subgroup analyses comparing frequencies of answer options or main categories dependent on induction methods and indications were conducted. RESULTS Women frequently expressed a need for more information and participation, and reported negative childbirth experiences. Women being offered castor oil or other complementary and alternative methods less often lacked information. However, these methods were markedly less effective to induce labour, but when successful were associated with reduced rates of epidural pain relieve and caesarean sections. Moreover, compared with prostaglandins, complementary methods were associated with significantly more positive personal experiences and fewer burdensome or traumatic births. CONCLUSIONS Our findings revealed a substantial lack of information and participation associated with many women perceiving negatively labour and childbirth following induction. Adequate honest information that gives way to realistic expectations about labour induction and enablement of participation are important prerequisites to improve personal experience and need to be enhanced in order to raise childbirth satisfaction.

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The relationship between childbirth self-efficacy and aspects of well-being, birth interventions and birth outcomes

Cited by 60 publications

References 51 publications

Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments

Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments

Socioeconomic risk factors for labour induction in the United Kingdom

Women’s experiences and perceptions of induction of labour: Results from a German online-survey

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