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A Negative Birth Experience: Prevalence and Risk Factors in a National Sample
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Of the established methods to improve women's birth experience, childbirth education and obstetric analgesia seemed to be less effective, whereas support in labor and listening to the woman's own issues may be underestimated.Abstract:
BACKGROUND: A woman's dissatisfaction with the experience of labor and birth may affect her emotional well-being and willingness to have another baby. The aim of this study was to investigate the p ...read more
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Antenatal fear of childbirth and its association with subsequent caesarean section and experience of childbirth
TL;DR: The prevalence of fear of childbirth in a nationwide sample and its association with subsequent rates of caesarean section and overall experience of childbirth are investigated.
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Women's perceptions and experiences of a traumatic birth: a meta-ethnography
TL;DR: It is evident that a small percentage of women experience a traumatic birth, and healthcare professionals must recognize women's need to be involved in decision-making and to be fully informed about all aspects of their labour and birth to increase their sense of control.
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Pre‐ and postpartum levels of childbirth fear and the relationship to birth outcomes in a cohort of Australian women
TL;DR: Results support those from earlier studies in showing that nulliparous women experience more fear than parous women before birth and that there is no difference in levels of postpartum fear between these two groups, and were higher in Australian women when compared to a Swedish sample.
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Women's experiences of labour and birth: an evolutionary concept analysis
TL;DR: Identification of the core attributes of the labour and birth experience may provide a framework for future consideration and investigation including further analysis of related concepts such as 'support' and 'control'.
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More in hope than expectation: a systematic review of women's expectations and experience of pain relief in labour
TL;DR: The aim was to systematically review the empirical literature on women's expectations and experiences of pain and pain relief during labour, as well as their involvement in the decision-making process, to ensure that pregnant women are appropriately prepared for labour.
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Detection of postnatal depression. Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
John Cox,Jeni Holden,R. Sagovsky +2 more
TL;DR: The development of a 10-item self-report scale (EPDS) to screen for Postnatal Depression in the community was found to have satisfactory sensitivity and specficity, and was also sensitive to change in the severity of depression over time.
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Pain and women's satisfaction with the experience of childbirth: a systematic review.
TL;DR: The influences of pain, pain relief, and intrapartum medical interventions on subsequent satisfaction are neither as obvious, as direct, nor as powerful as the influences of the attitudes and behaviors of the caregivers.
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Screening for depression during pregnancy with the edinburgh depression scale (EDDS)
Declan Murray,John Cox +1 more
TL;DR: The EPDS identified all women with R DC major depression but was less effective in detecting those with RDC minor depression.
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Expectations, Experiences, and Psychological Outcomes of Childbirth: A Prospective Study of 825 Women
TL;DR: High expectations were not found to be bad for women, although low expectations often were, and information and feeling in control were consistently associated with positive psychological outcomes.
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Posttraumatic stress disorder after childbirth: a cross sectional study.
TL;DR: The prevalence of having a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) profile after childbirth and women's cognitive appraisal of the childbirth were studied cross sectionally in an unselected sample of all women who had given birth over a 1-year period in Linköping, Sweden.