1. Childbirth experience and practice changing during COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study
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Annalisa Inversetti, Simona Fumagalli, Antonella Nespoli, Laura Antolini, Serena Mussi, Debora Ferrari, and Anna Locatelli
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childbirth experience ,COVID‐19 ,intrapartum intervention ,Nursing ,RT1-120 - Abstract
Abstract Aim To evaluate mothers’ satisfaction with childbirth experience in a cohort of women who delivered during COVID pandemia and to compare them to a pre‐COVID cohort. Design We performed a cross‐sectional study in a low‐risk Maternity Unit. Methods Women who delivered during COVID‐19 pandemic were compared to a pre‐COVID cohort recruited in 2018 in the same setting. Italian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale‐Revised (I‐BSS‐R) was used. Results Three hundred and seventy‐seven women were included (277 pre‐COVID and 100 during COVID pandemic). No differences in terms of satisfaction at birth were reported (I‐BSS‐R mean 27.0, SD 5.3 versus mean 27.6, SD 6.1, p 0.34), despite an increased rate of active intrapartum interventions. Intrapartum variables that significantly reduced satisfaction were the same in the two groups: epidural analgesia (p
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- 2021
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