Expectations of post-partum care among pregnant women living in the north of Sweden
Objectives. To describe expectations of post-partum care among pregnant women living in the north of Sweden and whether personality determines preference for care systems. The time for post-partum care on maternity wards has been reduced in Western countries. This, along with the reduction in specia...
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ftluleatu:oai:DiVA.org:ltu-8476 2023-05-15T15:55:28+02:00 Expectations of post-partum care among pregnant women living in the north of Sweden Lindberg, Inger Öhrling, Kerstin Christenson, Kyllike 2008 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-8476 https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v67i5.18354 eng eng Luleå tekniska universitet, Omvårdnad Department of Women’s and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 1239-9736, 2008, 67:5, s. 472-483 orcid:0000-0002-3861-7298 orcid:0000-0002-6068-821X http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-8476 doi:10.3402/ijch.v67i5.18354 PMID 19186768 ISI:000262080500011 Scopus 2-s2.0-60549109891 Local 6fde5b70-c528-11dd-80bd-000ea68e967b info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess post-partum care northern Sweden distance descriptive statistics Nursing Omvårdnad Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2008 ftluleatu https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v67i5.18354 2022-10-25T20:58:23Z Objectives. To describe expectations of post-partum care among pregnant women living in the north of Sweden and whether personality determines preference for care systems. The time for post-partum care on maternity wards has been reduced in Western countries. This, along with the reduction in special medical treatments offered and the closure of small hospitals has affected pregnant women and their families. Study Design. Data was extracted from a questionnaire and a personality instrument (SSP) that were completed during November 2002. Methods. In the northernmost county of Sweden, 140 pregnant women completed the questionnaire; of these, 120 completed the SSP instrument. Results. Of the women who participated, 61.3% wanted to be discharged 72 hours after childbirth, irrespective of the distance between the hospital and home. To have access to maternity ward staff and the decision to be discharged were described as being the most important issues in maternity ward care. The infant’s father was expected to be the most important person in the post-partum period. Conclusions. Women ranked the opportunity to decide for themselves when to be discharged from the maternity ward as important, which can be interpreted as a strong signal that the women want to be in control of the care they receive. Midwives have to focus more on the woman and her family’s individual needs, and to include the father as a person who also needs support and to provide resources for him. Validerad; 2008; 20081208 (andbra) Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Sweden Luleå University of Technology Publications (DiVA) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 67 5 472 483 |
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Objectives. To describe expectations of post-partum care among pregnant women living in the north of Sweden and whether personality determines preference for care systems. The time for post-partum care on maternity wards has been reduced in Western countries. This, along with the reduction in special medical treatments offered and the closure of small hospitals has affected pregnant women and their families. Study Design. Data was extracted from a questionnaire and a personality instrument (SSP) that were completed during November 2002. Methods. In the northernmost county of Sweden, 140 pregnant women completed the questionnaire; of these, 120 completed the SSP instrument. Results. Of the women who participated, 61.3% wanted to be discharged 72 hours after childbirth, irrespective of the distance between the hospital and home. To have access to maternity ward staff and the decision to be discharged were described as being the most important issues in maternity ward care. The infant’s father was expected to be the most important person in the post-partum period. Conclusions. Women ranked the opportunity to decide for themselves when to be discharged from the maternity ward as important, which can be interpreted as a strong signal that the women want to be in control of the care they receive. Midwives have to focus more on the woman and her family’s individual needs, and to include the father as a person who also needs support and to provide resources for him. Validerad; 2008; 20081208 (andbra) |
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Expectations of post-partum care among pregnant women living in the north of Sweden |
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Expectations of post-partum care among pregnant women living in the north of Sweden |
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