Content of antenatal care: Does it prepare women for birth?
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Objective: clinical guidelines for antenatal care recommend informing women about birth. The aim of this study was to explore the content of antenatal care from women's perspective and...
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/617943 2023-05-15T16:48:03+02:00 Content of antenatal care: Does it prepare women for birth? Gottfredsdottir, Helga Steingrímsdóttir, Þóra Björnsdóttir, Amalía Guðmundsdóttir, Embla Ýr Kristjánsdóttir, Hildur 1 Univ Iceland, Fac Nursing, Dept Midwifery, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland 2 Landspitali Univ Hosp, Womens Clin, Reykjavik, Iceland Organization-Enhanced Name(s) Landspitali National University Hospital 3 Univ Iceland, Fac Educ, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland 4 Univ Iceland, Fac Med, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/617943 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.05.002 en eng Elsevier SCI http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0266613816300444 Content of antenatal care: Does it prepare women for birth? 2016, 39:71 Midwifery 02666138 doi:10.1016/j.midw.2016.05.002 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/617943 Midwifery Archived with thanks to Midwifery National Consortium - Landsaðgangur Meðganga Mæðraskoðun Fræðsla MIW12 OAG12 Prenatal Care Randomized Controlled Trial [Publication Type] Prenatal Education Article 2016 ftlandspitaliuni https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.05.002 2022-05-29T08:22:10Z To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Objective: clinical guidelines for antenatal care recommend informing women about birth. The aim of this study was to explore the content of antenatal care from women's perspective and to establish whether they consider information on birth to be sufficient. Method: the data was gathered in a longitudinal, cross-sectional cohort study known as The Childbirth and Health Study in Iceland. The study group consisted of 765 women attending antenatal care at 26 urban and rural health care centres in Iceland, during the year 2009-2010. They participated by replying to two questionnaires, at 16 gestational weeks and six months after birth. The questions covered objective and subjective aspects of antenatal care, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Results: the majority (87%) of the women want to be informed about birth in the antenatal phase of care, and 41% reported 5-6 months post partum that too little time had been spent on this issue, by health care professionals. Post partum, mode of delivery affected women's estimated time spent on information in pregnancy, with women who had planned caesarean section being most satisfied with the time spent on antenatal information about birth. Women who experienced their birth as difficult or very difficult were more likely to report that insufficient time had been spent on information than women who had experienced their birth as easy or very easy. Conclusions: antenatal care can play an important role in preparing women for birth. This study shows that information about birth provided during pregnancy is insufficient from women's perspective, although some groups of women do report being more satisfied with this information. The way that this segment of antenatal care is provided leaves room for improvement. Research Fund of the Icelandic College of Family Physicians Primary Health Care of the Capital Area, Iceland Icelandic Midwifery Association Research Fund ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Midwifery 39 71 77 |
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Meðganga Mæðraskoðun Fræðsla MIW12 OAG12 Prenatal Care Randomized Controlled Trial [Publication Type] Prenatal Education Gottfredsdottir, Helga Steingrímsdóttir, Þóra Björnsdóttir, Amalía Guðmundsdóttir, Embla Ýr Kristjánsdóttir, Hildur Content of antenatal care: Does it prepare women for birth? |
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To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Objective: clinical guidelines for antenatal care recommend informing women about birth. The aim of this study was to explore the content of antenatal care from women's perspective and to establish whether they consider information on birth to be sufficient. Method: the data was gathered in a longitudinal, cross-sectional cohort study known as The Childbirth and Health Study in Iceland. The study group consisted of 765 women attending antenatal care at 26 urban and rural health care centres in Iceland, during the year 2009-2010. They participated by replying to two questionnaires, at 16 gestational weeks and six months after birth. The questions covered objective and subjective aspects of antenatal care, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Results: the majority (87%) of the women want to be informed about birth in the antenatal phase of care, and 41% reported 5-6 months post partum that too little time had been spent on this issue, by health care professionals. Post partum, mode of delivery affected women's estimated time spent on information in pregnancy, with women who had planned caesarean section being most satisfied with the time spent on antenatal information about birth. Women who experienced their birth as difficult or very difficult were more likely to report that insufficient time had been spent on information than women who had experienced their birth as easy or very easy. Conclusions: antenatal care can play an important role in preparing women for birth. This study shows that information about birth provided during pregnancy is insufficient from women's perspective, although some groups of women do report being more satisfied with this information. The way that this segment of antenatal care is provided leaves room for improvement. Research Fund of the Icelandic College of Family Physicians Primary Health Care of the Capital Area, Iceland Icelandic Midwifery Association Research Fund ... |
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1 Univ Iceland, Fac Nursing, Dept Midwifery, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland 2 Landspitali Univ Hosp, Womens Clin, Reykjavik, Iceland Organization-Enhanced Name(s) Landspitali National University Hospital 3 Univ Iceland, Fac Educ, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland 4 Univ Iceland, Fac Med, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland |
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