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to determine the prevalence of women's use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) during pregnancy in the UK, reasons for use, who recommended CAM, and the characteristics of women that are associated with use of CAM during pregnancy.cross-sectional questionnaire.Birmingham Women's Hospital.315 postnatal women were surveyed while on the postnatal ward.the questionnaire response rate was...
to evaluate the feasibility of using pulse oximetry (PO) for evaluating infants born in community-based midwifery care.a prospective, observational study of infants born after midwifery supervised (home) births.27 midwives from seven practices providing primary care in (home) births used PO at birth or the early puerperal period over a ten-month period. Data were obtained on the effect of PO on outcome,...
to synthesise data on immigrant women's experiences of maternity services in Canada.a qualitative systematic literature review using a meta-ethnographic approacha comprehensive search strategy of multiple databases was employed in consultation with an information librarian, to identify qualitative research studies published in English or French between 1990 and December 2011 on maternity care experiences...
this paper is a report of a systematic review and meta-ethnography to explore the impact of peer support in the context of perinatal mental illness (PMI).systematic review methods identified five qualitative studies about women's experiences of PMI, and the impact peer support has on their journey towards emotional well-being. Findings from the identified studies were synthesised into themes, using...
this study explored the views of three cohorts of final year midwifery students, regarding their confidence in giving advice to women on contraception and sexual health in the postnatal period. The project also investigated knowledge of contraception using a factual quiz, based on clinical scenarios regarding contraception and sexual health in the postpartum period.a mixed method design using qualitative...
: the aim of the study was to explore the experiences of final year Bachelor of Midwifery students.: earlier research indicates that midwifery students experience a number of difficulties and concerns during their studentship. These difficulties can lead to a lack of confidence and poorer integration and socialisation into the profession. Ultimately, poorer integration may lead to dissatisfaction...
to study whether an increase in intrapartum referrals in primary midwife-led care births in the Netherlands is accompanied by an increase in caesarean sections.nationwide descriptive study.the Netherlands Perinatal Registry.789,795 births of nine year cohorts of women with low risk pregnancies in primary midwife-led care at the onset of labour between 2000 and 2008.primary outcome is the caesarean...
to investigate the association of life events during pregnancy with change in antenatal anxiety and depression symptoms. We distinguished pregnancy related and non-pregnancy related events and assessed specificity of these associations for depressive or anxious symptoms. In addition, we investigated whether the associations were affected by personality or childhood adversities.observational prospective...
to describe the aspects of infant sleep perceived as problematic by first-time Taiwanese mothers and to discover how mothers cope in response to infant sleep concerns.a qualitative approach was used for data collection.in-depth interviews were conducted and audio-taped at mothers' homes.12 first-time mothers within three months post partum.content analysis was performed to identify patterns, similarities,...
a wide range of psychosocial variables may influence pregnant women's psychological status. However the association between marital and social support, anxiety and worries during pregnancy is a relatively neglected area of research. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between marital support, social support, antenatal anxiety and pregnancy worries after controlling for...
to understand the trends in, and relationships between, maternal stress, depressive symptoms and anxiety in pregnancy and post partum.a prospective longitudinal survey study was undertaken to explore maternal psychological distress throughout the perinatal period. The participants were recruited after 24 completed weeks of gestation, and were followed-up monthly until one month post partum (four surveys...
to gain insight into the experiences and perspectives of pregnant women diagnosed antenatally with fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO) participating in an interventional fetal medicine randomised controlled trial (RCT).a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analysed using Riessman's narrative analysis.fetal medicine clinics within the United Kingdom National...
to examine breast feeding self-efficacy and identify its predictors among expectant Chinese mothers in the antenatal period.a cross-sectional descriptive questionnaire survey was conducted in the antenatal clinics of three university hospitals in China between September and December 2011.expectant mothers planning to breast feed, and who were at least 18 years of age, expecting a single, healthy,...
Empirical evidence demonstrates that fathers have a strong influence on a mother's decision to initiate and continue breast feeding. However, no clear delineation of what behaviours and attributes constitute father support or differentiate it from other kinds of support is provided in the current literature. The purpose of this study was to analyse the concept of ‘father support’ in relation to maternity...
to provide a thematic overview of the existing literature on existential meaning-making related to transition to motherhood among mothers of full term born babies in Western oriented countries and to discuss the themes from a existential psychology perspective.the review follows the approach of a scoping review. Systematic searches in the electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL and PsycINFO were combined...
striae gravidarum affects the quality of life (QOL) of Japanese pregnant women. Many pregnant women use skin moisturisers to prevent striae gravidarum. However, the relationship between these preventive steps and QOL remains unclear.to evaluate the moisturising effect and QOL of pregnant women in an urban prefecture in central Japan with preventive steps against striae gravidarum.cross-sectional study...
the length of the postnatal hospital stay in Denmark as well as globally has been radically reduced over the past 10–20 years and this raises the challenge of finding new ways of providing observation and support to families discharged early, that they otherwise would be provided as inpatients.Aim: this study is to identify the nursing support needs of new parents and their infants during the first...
to explore the lived experience of postnatal depression (PND) in West African mothers living in the United Kingdom (UK).using a qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were undertaken. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to explore and analyse the data.community health services within inner-city suburbs in Manchester, England.six West African mothers (Nigeria=3; Ghana=3),...
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