The purpose of the study was to differentiate among various postpartum stressors and to compare women's postpartum stress, social support, and mental health status in relation to parity differences. A non-experimental quantitative study with cross-sectional design was carried out. A total of 435 primiparas and 426 multiparas from clinics and hospitals in southern Taiwan were recruited for the s...

We have performed a randomized comparison of two low-dose epidural regimens for analgesia in labour, differing only in the manner in which initial analgesia was established. In the epidural (EPI) group, 484 women received a loading dose of 20 ml of 0.1% bupivacaine with fentanyl 2 micrograms ml-1. In the combined spinal-epidural (CSE) group, 524 women received a spinal injection of plain bupiva...

OBJECTIVES To explore women's experiences of early labour care focusing on sociodemographic differences, and to examine the effect of antenatal education, using mixed methods. SETTING England, 2014. PARTICIPANTS Women who completed postal questionnaires about their experience of maternity care, including questions about antenatal education, early labour and sociodemographic factors, include...

One hundred consecutive women attending psychiatric services at NIMHANS during the period of January 1987 - March 1987 were studied to see differences in demographic profile, presenting complaints and psychiatric diagnosis in the two different age groups (25-35 years and 40-50 years). The majority of patients in age group 40-50 years (Perimenopausal) were illiterate, multiparous and coming from...

Aim: To explore associations between expectations regarding birth (including mode of delivery) and experience the previous among multiparous women. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: specially designed questionnaire was used to subjective perceptions births. We also standardized birth-related fear (W-DEQ). Descriptive statistics ANOVA test, chi-square Student t-test were used. The res...

BACKGROUND Although surveys have identified that women are generally highly satisfied with maternity care provision, those aspects of care that women highlight as most important for achieving satisfaction and a satisfactory maternity care experience have not been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate how women understand and experience their maternity care and to report which aspec...

The purpose of this article is to describe the factors cited for the preference for type of birth in early pregnancy and reconstruct the decision process by type of birth in Brazil. Data from a national hospital-based cohort with 23,940 postpartum women, held in 2011-2012, were analyzed according to source of funding for birth and parity, using the χ2 test. The initial preference for cesarean d...