Prevalence of Negative Birth Perception, Disaffirmation, Perinatal Trauma Symptoms, and Depression Among Postpartum Women

Sorenson, Dianna Spies; Tschetter, Lois

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00234.x

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“…Having an instrumental intervention or caesarean section is inextricably linked to receiving an obstetric injury (Beck, 2009;McKenzie-McHarg, 2004;Geissbuehler and Eberhard 2002;Sorenson and Tschetter, 2010), with depressed scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale from some of those in reception of having received an operative delivery and higher weighted scores for obstetric procedures (Brown and Lumley, 1994). Induced labour is also associated with more pain and ultimately less birth satisfaction (Faure, 1991;Niven and Gijsbers, 1984).…”

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“…Aspects of relationships with staff are important (Grabowska, 2009;Proctor, 1998;Sorenson and Tschetter, 2010), with quality relationships including being offered information from which to make choices in plain English, with staff honest and consistent about what is provided (Proctor, 1998). Staff also require to be flexible, informal, interested and friendly (Chen, 2001;Proctor, 1998;Waldenstrom, 1998) at the same time as being professional, skilled and knowledgeable (Proctor, 1998).…”

Section: (Q6) the Staff Communicated Well With Me During Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the presence of negative birth perceptions and perceived low-quality relationships with providers, women's long-term memories of negative experiences can be preserved (Stadlmayr et al, 2006). When women feel treated as objects, such disaffirming is significantly correlated with negative birth perceptions (Sorenson and Tschetter, 2010). Negative outcomes are related to disaffirmation expressed through verbal and nonverbal provider interactions, with healing effects reported from supportive interactions (Bedell et al, 2004;Kirkpatrick et al, 2005).…”

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“…Distress experienced during labour affects birth experience (Alehagen et al, 2000), with this inextricably linked to receiving an obstetric injury (Beck, 2009;McKenzieMcHarg, 2004;Geissbuehler and Eberhard 2002;Sorenson and Tschetter, 2010), such as caesarean section (Bryanton et al, 2008;Wax et al, 2004).…”

Section: (Q7) I Found Giving Birth a Distressing Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Development and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)

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2014

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Development and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)

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“…3) Stress experienced during labour: (a) Distress experienced during labour 4,18 ; (b)Obstetric injuries 5,19 ; (c)Perception of having received sufficient medical care 7,21; (d)Receipt of an obstetric intervention 8,22 ; (e)Pain experienced 29,30 ; (f)Long labour 9,23 ; (g)Health of baby 6,20 . Within the context of the Greek setting, it was noted that this 'negative scoring', i.e.…”

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The reversed Birth Satisfaction Scale: translation, adaptation and validation for a Greek sample

Vivilaki¹,

Zemperligkou²,

Iliopoulou³

et al. 2017

Eur J Midwifery

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INTRODUCTION The Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS) is an important screening instrument that is used with mothers during the postpartum period for the identification of postnatal birth satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to validate and adapt the Greek version of the BSS to test its sensitivity, specificity and predictive values. METHODS Childbearing women (n=310) were recruited from the perinatal care registers of the Maternity Departments of 3 Hospitals of Athens municipality (public Maternity Departments) in 2014. Inclusion criteria included fluency in spoken and written Greek language, within 1-4 postpartum days, and delivery of a healthy infant. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) on the 30-items on the BSS revealed 7 orthogonal factors (KMO measure of sampling adequacy=0.856 and Bartlett's test of sphericity=2999.806, df=435, p<0.0005). A Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis was conducted to evaluate global functioning of the scale. Within this context the scoring of the BSS was reversed from the original, to indicate that a lower score was a worse outcome. RESULTS The Greek BSS showed high overall internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha value: 0.876, p<0.0001). The internal consistency characteristics of the Greek BSS showed good reliability: Cronbach's alpha was 0.876 for the total scale (Items 1-30), Standardized alpha 0.859 and Guttman split-half 0.864, Spearman-Brown 0.866. Our findings confirm the multidimensionality of BSS, demonstrating a seven-factor structure that contained subscales, reflecting the postnatal birth satisfaction. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) demonstrated that the 7-factor model offered a very good fit to our data. The area under the minor satisfaction ROC curve is 0.796 (SD=0.025, Asymp. Sig.=0.0005; CI=0.748-0.845), sensitivity=73.8%, and specificity=70%. CONCLUSIONS Our data confirm the validity of the Greek version of the BSS at identifying postnatal birth satisfaction. Hence, the Greek BSS could be used as a useful instrument in both clinical practice and research.

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Identification of postpartum symptom subgroups and associated long‐term maternal depressive symptoms and well‐being

Scroggins,

Reuter‐Rice,

Brandon

et al. 2023

Research in Nursing & Health

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Many postpartum women experience postpartum symptoms which often occur in clusters (i.e., three or more co‐occurring symptoms that are related to each other). To date, research has focused on individual symptoms, which limits our understanding of how postpartum symptom clusters manifest and influence health. This secondary analysis used the Community and Child Health Network study data (N = 1784). No patient or public directly participated or contributed to the current analysis. Guided by the Symptom Management Theory, latent class analysis was performed to identify subgroups of postpartum women with different symptom experiences using observed variables at 6 months postpartum: anxiety (MINI‐anxiety), general stress (PSS‐10), posttraumatic stress (PCL‐C), postpartum depression (EPDS), sleep disturbance (PSQI‐sleep disturbance), and sleep duration (PSQI‐sleep duration). Bivariate and multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between subgroups and (a) individual characteristics and (b) long‐term depressive symptoms (CES‐D‐9) and well‐being at 18 and/or 24 months postpartum. Five subgroups were selected that had better‐fit indices, entropy, and interpretability. Subgroups were labeled as (1) Minimum overall, (2) Mild‐moderate overall, (3) Moderate‐high sleep symptoms, (4) High psychological symptoms, and (5) High overall. After adjusting for covariates, postpartum women in Subgroups 4 and 5 had higher CES‐D‐9 scores at 18 and 24 months and lower well‐being scores at 24 months. More postpartum women in Subgroups 4 and 5 experienced a history of depression or unemployment. Clinicians should provide targeted interventions for postpartum women in high‐symptom subgroups.

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Prevalence of Negative Birth Perception, Disaffirmation, Perinatal Trauma Symptoms, and Depression Among Postpartum Women

Abstract: Findings reinforce the need for psychiatric liaison advanced practice nurses caring for childbearing women, including roles for detection/screening, educating professionals in communication, legislative/advocacy for funding, and further research.

Cited by 81 publications

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Development and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)

Development and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)

The reversed Birth Satisfaction Scale: translation, adaptation and validation for a Greek sample

Identification of postpartum symptom subgroups and associated long‐term maternal depressive symptoms and well‐being

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