Visits to medical practitioners in the first 6 months of life

Gunn, Jane; Lumley, Judith; Young, Dana

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00915.x

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“…At 6-9 months the most common problems reported were hearing concerns, visual concerns and abnormal hip examinations. An Australian study in 1996 55 reported that 57% of consultations with medical practitioners in the first 6 months of life were for the babies; mothers' consultations accounted for 43%. This is similar to our findings.…”

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Routine examination of the newborn: the EMREN study. Evaluation of an extension of the midwife role including a randomised controlled trial of appropriately trained midwives and paediatric senior house officers

Townsend

Wolke²,

Hayes³

et al. 2004

Health Technol Assess

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Routine examination of the newborn: the EMREN study. Evaluation of an extension of the midwife role including a randomised controlled trial of appropriately trained midwives and paediatric senior house officers

Townsend

Wolke²,

Hayes³

et al. 2004

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“…Analysis of the Health Insurance Commission data for a random sample of recent mothers in Victoria showed that the mean number of visits to GPs by a mother/baby dyad in the six months following birth was 7.7 [24]. Similarly, in a large Victorian survey over 92% of GPs described themselves as involved in postnatal care, but neither the common physical health problems described above, nor depression, were issues which GPs considered part of routine postnatal care, and more tellingly, both were areas where the GPs rated themselves as not very confident [25].…”

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PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support for Mothers) Protocol for a community-randomised trial [ISRCTN03464021]

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BackgroundIn the year after birth one in six women has a depressive illness, and 30% are still depressed, or depressed again, when their child is 2 years old, 94% experience at least one major health problem (e.g. back pain, perineal pain, mastitis, urinary or faecal incontinence), 26% experience sexual problems and almost 20% have relationship problems with partners. Women with depression report less practical and emotional support from partners, less social support overall, more negative life events, and poorer physical health. Their perceptions of factors contributing to depression are lack of support, isolation, exhaustion and physical health problems. Fewer than one in three affected women seek help in primary care despite frequent contacts.Methods/DesignPRISM aims to reduce depression and physical health problems of recent mothers through primary care strategies to increase practitioners' response to these issues, and through community-based strategies to develop broader family and community supports for recent mothers.Eligible local governments will be recruited and randomised to intervention or comparison arms, after stratification (urban/rural, size, birth numbers, extent of community activity), avoiding contiguous boundaries. Maternal depression and physical health will be measured six months after birth, in a one year cohort of mothers, in intervention and comparison communities. The sample size to detect a 20% relative reduction in depression, adjusting for cluster sampling, and estimating a population response fraction of 67% is 5740 × 2. Analysis of the physical and mental health outcomes, by intention to treat, will adjust for the correlated structure of the data.

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“…Gunn et al . used aggregated Medicare data to examine the use of GPs services by mothers and babies in the 6 months post‐partum with a sample of Victorian babies born in 1993 . They found that mothers and infants made an average of 3.5 visits and 4.2 visits to a GP, respectively.…”

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“…Published studies that report on a wider range of HS used by mothers and babies, as well as on factors associated with use in the first 6 months post‐partum, are scarce . In Melbourne, Australia, Goldfeld et al .…”

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Health service use and costs for infant behaviour problems and maternal stress

Gold

Mensah

et al. 2016

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Visits to medical practitioners in the first 6 months of life

Abstract: A previously undocumented level of postnatal use of medical practitioner services is presented. It suggests a significant level of postnatal maternal and infant morbidity that requires further study.

Cited by 29 publications

References 6 publications

Routine examination of the newborn: the EMREN study. Evaluation of an extension of the midwife role including a randomised controlled trial of appropriately trained midwives and paediatric senior house officers

Routine examination of the newborn: the EMREN study. Evaluation of an extension of the midwife role including a randomised controlled trial of appropriately trained midwives and paediatric senior house officers

PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support for Mothers) Protocol for a community-randomised trial [ISRCTN03464021]

Health service use and costs for infant behaviour problems and maternal stress

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