Background The continue increase of interventions during labour in low risk population is a
controversial issue of the current obstetric literature, given the lack of evidence
demonstrating the benefits of unnecessary interventions for women or infants' health. This …

The birth of a child is a critical and potentially stressful experience for women, entailing
several changes both at the individual and interpersonal level. This event can lead to
different forms of distress, ranging in intensity and duration. Many studies highlighted …

Maternal childbirth dissatisfaction has short-and long-term negative effects on the mothers'
health and life, as well as on relation with her child and family. Due to lack of studies in Iran
and other counties, we aimed to determine pre-and during-labour predictors of low birth …

Introduction A woman's first childbirth is an event of great importance to her life, involving her
transition to parenthood. Many studies have analyzed the roles of depression, anxiety and
fear of childbirth linked to childbirth expectations and the consequent choice of an epidural …

Background Assessment of women's childbirth experience is an important indicator of
maternal care systems. Positive childbirth experiences improve mothers' health, whereas
negative childbirth experiences can cause psychological stresses and, in extreme cases …

Results. 300 questionnaires were collected, and 289 were analysed. 60% of midwives
would have not diagnosed active labour before 6 cm of dilation and would have adopted
conservative management. 81% would adopt methods such as change of maternal posture …

Objective: To evaluate empirically the degree of content overlap between four self-report
measures of fear of childbirth (FoC) identified as 'best in class' by a recent review.
Background: FoC and tokophobia is an area of increasing clinical concern and has been …

Background Assessment of women's childbirth experience is an important indicator in
maternity services. Positive childbirth experiences improve mothers' health, whereas
negative childbirth experiences can cause psychological stresses and, in extreme cases …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the various comfort measures which
nurses and midwives provide during labour and delivery. Methods: The study was a cross-
sectional hospital based study, carried out in a secondary health facility. Non probability …

Irmantė Rupšytė. Nėštumo ir gimdymo patirčių analizė. Magistro baigiamasis darbas. Darbo
vadovas (-ė) doc. dr. Alina Vaškelytė. Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas, Medicinos
akademija, Slaugos fakultetas, Slaugos ir rūpybos katedra. Kaunas, 2021, 60 p. Tikslas …