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Swedish women's interest in models of midwifery care – Time to consider the system? A prospective longitudinal survey
- Source :
- Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. 7:27-32
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Sweden has an international reputation for offering high quality maternity care, although models that provide continuity of care are rare. The aim was to explore women's interest in models of care such as continuity with the same midwife, homebirth and birth center care.A prospective longitudinal survey where 758 women's interest in models such as having the same midwife throughout antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care, homebirth with a known midwife, and birth center care were investigated.Approximately 50% wanted continuity of care with the same midwife throughout pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. Few participants were interested in birth center care or home birth. Fear of giving birth was associated with a preference for continuity with midwife.Continuity with the same midwife could be of certain importance to women with childbirth fear. Models that offer continuity of care with one or two midwives are safe, cost-effective and enhance the chance of having a normal birth, a positive birth experience and possibly reduce fear of birth. The evidence is now overwhelming that all women should have maternity care delivered in this way.
- Subjects :
- Adult
media_common.quotation_subject
Mothers
Midwifery
System a
03 medical and health sciences
Maternity care
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
Pregnancy
Maternity and Midwifery
Humans
Medicine
Quality (business)
Longitudinal Studies
Models, Nursing
Prospective Studies
030212 general & internal medicine
media_common
Sweden
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
business.industry
Parturition
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fear
Continuity of Patient Care
Delivery, Obstetric
Female
Continuity of care
business
Attitude to Health
Reputation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18775756
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dc114f442ef57aa8404833f92793a3b1