Obstetric and psychological effects of psychoprophylactic preparation for childbirth

Charles, Allan G.; Norr, Kathleen L.; Block, Carolyn Rebecca; Meyering, Suzanne; Meyers, Ellen

doi:10.1016/0002-9378(78)90472-6

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“…In most of the studies, no relationship was found between such preparation and obstetrical variables, e.g. length of labour or incidence of complications (Becketal., 1980: Bennett et al, 1985Charles et al, 1978;Davenport-Slack and Boylan, 1974;Zax et al, 1975;Jones and Dougherty, 1984). Since socio-economic status has been related inversely to pain levels (Melzack et al, 1981) and as those favouring natural childbirth tend to be older, have higher educational levels and to belong to a higher socio-economic class (Jones and Dougherty, 1984;Cave, 1978), studies on the effect of childbirth preparation might easily be biased.…”

Section: Subjective Birth Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Studies on subjective birth experiences have concerned the experience of labour pain (Beck et al, 1980;Bennet et al, 1985;Brown and Bradley, 1982;Charles et al, 1978;Cogan et al, 1976;Davenport-Slack and Boylan, 1974;Gaston-Johansson et al, 1988;Henneborn and Cogan, 1975;Hughey etal., 1978;Norr etal., 1977;Melzacketal., 1981;Reading and Cox, 1985;Senden et al, 1988;Scott-Palmer and Skevington, 1981;Zax etal., 1975), enjoyment (Norr et al, 1977) or fulfilment (Green et al, 1990) of labour, satisfaction with birth (Bennett et al, 1985;Green et al, 1990;Willmuth er al., 1978) or birth management (Elliot et al, 1984;Green et al, 1990;Muhlen-Schulte, 1989;Oakley, 1980), control during labour (Brown and Bradley, 1982;Green et al, 1990;Oakley, 1980), support (Bennett et al, 1985;Cogan etal., 1976;Henneborn and Cogan, 1975;Norr et al, 1977), and the actual event (Stolte, 1987) or experiences (Green et al, 1990) compared to expectations and perceptions of the total childbirth experience (Mercer et al, 1983).…”

Section: Subjective Birth Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Confinement in nulliparous women in the Netherlands: Subjective experiences related to actual events and to post-partum well-being

Kleiverda

Steen

Andersen

et al. 1991

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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Subjective delivery experiences, obstetrical outcomes and post-partum well-being were studied in 170 nulliparous women who participated in a prospective study on the transition to parenthood. All of the women initially received antenatal care by midwives. Women who gave birth at home and those who gave birth in hospital voluntarily without referral did not differ either with regard to objective outcomes or subjective delivery experiences. Negative experiences were related to referrals during labour; other subjective experiences seemed to be related to the duration of the first and second stages of labour. Variables measured during pregnancy hardly predicted these experiences. Post-partum well-being was strongly related to well-being at the start of pregnancy, subjective experiences showing a minor predictive capacity of only 4%. As far as mode of delivery is concerned, the least well-being 6 weeks post-partum was found in women who had an instrumental delivery; low well-being at 34 weeks' gestation could be partially attributed to this phenomenon. Differences in post-partum well-being between women who delivered at home and those who gave birth in hospital were found; these differences probably depended more, however, on attitudinal characteristics than on the location of confinement. With regard to evaluations of the location of confinement, home confinements were assessed as most positive. Preferences for the location of confinement for a next pregnancy were, in the majority of cases, the same as for the present pregnancy, independent of actual events during the present pregnancy and confinement.

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Section: Subjective Birth Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Subjective Birth Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Confinement in nulliparous women in the Netherlands: Subjective experiences related to actual events and to post-partum well-being

Kleiverda

Steen

Andersen

et al. 1991

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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“…Other research among pregnant women has revealed that the anxiety level increases during pregnancy [20,[36][37][38][39][40]. On the other hand, it is found out that the anxiety level is lower if the pregnant women are informed and are physiologically and psychologically ready for the delivery [8,40].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Other research findings disclose that pregnancy training increases the desire for birth but does not have positive effects on all levels of anxiety [20].…”

Section: Sharing Information and Compliancementioning

confidence: 98%

How do the accounts of the patients on pregnancy and birth process enlighten medical team in terms of narrative ethics?

Elçioğlu

Kirimlioğlu

Yıldız

2006

Patient Education and Counseling

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“…Although 54 years have passed since DickRead published his work on natural childbirth, the ben eficial effects of these forms of childbirth preparation remain controversial [13][14][15], Most women suffer pain of high intensity in labor [16] and analgesics and anes thetics used in obstetric care have sometimes undesired or even harmful side effects [17,18]. Evaluation of new approaches to pain relief in labor is therefore of impor tance.…”

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Acupuncture before Delivery: Effect on Pain Perception and the Need for Analgesics

Lyrenäs¹,

Lutsch²,

Hetta³

et al. 1990

Gynecol Obstet Invest

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Pain experience and the amount of analgesics needed during labor were studied in 32 primiparous women who had received repeated treatment with acupuncture (AP) during the month prior to term and in 16 nontreated primiparous women. The women’s psychological profiles were evaluated by a psychiatric interview at week 38 of pregnancy. Treatment with AP did not reduce the need for analgesics in labor. During labor, all women experienced successively rising pain irrespective of whether or not they had been treated with AP prior to labor or delivered under local anesthesia. Experience of pain was not reduced in subjective assessments in women treated with AP. There was a strong correlation between assessments of pain made during labor and 6 months after delivery. In the group that did not receive AP, cerebrospinal fluid dynorphin A was significantly lower in parturients who chose epidural anesthesia.

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Obstetric and psychological effects of psychoprophylactic preparation for childbirth

Cited by 60 publications

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Confinement in nulliparous women in the Netherlands: Subjective experiences related to actual events and to post-partum well-being

Confinement in nulliparous women in the Netherlands: Subjective experiences related to actual events and to post-partum well-being

How do the accounts of the patients on pregnancy and birth process enlighten medical team in terms of narrative ethics?

Acupuncture before Delivery: Effect on Pain Perception and the Need for Analgesics

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