Swedish women's satisfaction with medical and emotional aspects of antenatal care

Abstract

Midwives working in antenatal care should support pregnant women and their partners in a professional and friendly way in order to increase satisfaction with care. Organizing teamwork with no more than two midwives taking care of a woman during a normal pregnancy could make women feel more supported by their midwives.

Mothers Satisfied From Quality of Care Given During Cesarean Delivery in Public and Private Hospitals of Tabriz, Iran

“…Evidence from this study suggests that the highest rate for mothers' satisfaction with delivery by cesarean was reported by 100% of the respondents in public hospitals and 96.2% in private ones. Some studies confirm our point (15,16). This high level of satisfaction in our study might result from the ignorance of mothers about patient rights.…”

“…Nurses should talk as gently as possible. Our findings revealed emotional satisfaction during labor was lower than post-operative stage in both kind of hospitals (14,16). In Simbar et al study the lowest level of satisfaction was about emotional aspect of satisfaction during labor phase at university teaching hospitals (4).…”

Pregnant Women's Satisfaction with the Quality of Antenatal Care At Maternal and Child Health Centers in El-Beheira Governorate

“…This result was attributed to shortage of health care providers, in the studied settings. (33) On the other hand, This finding is different than the findings of Hildingsson I et al (2005) (34) and Hansen P et al (2008). (35) They all had revealed that the majority of their subjects were satisfied with their received physical care.…”

Fathers' Lived Experiences of Getting to Know Their Baby While Acting as Primary Caregivers Immediately Following Birth

“…Today, fathers are encouraged to participate in antenatal care, including the ultrasound examination, because this examination is described as being part of the process of becoming a parent (Ekelin, Crang-Svalenius, & Dykes, 2004). Despite fathers' extended involvement in antenatal care, both parents report that fathers are often given a secondary role during childbirth education and antenatal care (Hildingsson & Rådestad, 2005;Premberg & Lundgren, 2006). Fathers have also experienced hospital policies that exclude them from postpartum care and do not encourage them to become involved with their baby (de Montigny & Lacharite, 2004).…”