Background Women's childbirth experience can have immediate as well as long-term
positive or negative effects on their life, well-being and health. When evaluating and drawing …

Background: Up to 33% of women report a negative or traumatic childbirth experience.
Given this high prevalence and its consistent association with adverse postpartum and child …

Introduction personalised support provided to women by health professionals is one of the
prime factors attaining women's satisfaction during pregnancy and childbirth. However the …

Background Around 4% of women develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post Childbirth
(PTSD-PC). During childbirth a woman's perception of her care provider's interpersonal …

Background: Supportive care during labor, the primary role of intrapartum nurses and
midwives, provides comfort to prepartum women and helps facilitate a positive labor …

Background Due to its potential impact on women's psychological health, assessing
perceptions of their childbirth experience is important. The aim of this study was to develop a …

Objective To explore the potential benefits of skills-based childbirth preparation on first time
mother's childbirth self-efficacy. Design An RCT of an education programme for skills-based …

Background patient satisfaction as an indicator of quality of care is becoming more and more
important. The use of questionnaires is the most common method to evaluate satisfaction …

Objective: To investigate the relationship between women's postnatal psychological well-
being and retrospective, self-reported satisfaction with intrapartum care and the birth …

Objective To assess the obstetric and psychological effects of visual biofeedback by
transperineal ultrasound (TPU) during the second stage of labor. Methods This was a …