The health and life experiences of mothers with rheumatoid arthritis: A phenomenological study

Mitton, Debbie; Treharne, Gareth J.; Hale, Elizabeth; Williams, Robert A.; Kitas, George D.

doi:10.1002/msc.116

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“…This deficit has been identified by other authors (such as Begley et al, 2009;Kaiser, Reid & Boschen, 2012;Mitton, Treharne, Hale, Williams & Kitas, 2007;Thomas & Curtis, 1997) and may hamper the opportunity for disabled women to be given appropriate care. It is clear that midwives cannot be specialists in all the kinds of impairment that may affect pregnancy, and so it is important that in such situations they liaise and work with other health professionals to ensure that the woman receives care tailored to her needs.…”

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“…For first time mothers particularly, lack of experience and knowledge may limit their ability to anticipate, plan and prepare for what is ahead. Therefore the relationship between the mother and her maternity service provider and other health providers needs to be carefully negotiated and discussed, with the providers recognising that disabled women want to receive care that is centred on their needs and allows them to have control, supported by the expertise of the 'practitioner partner/s' (Clarke, 2009;Curtis, 1997;Kaiser A, Reid D, Boschen, 2012, Mitton, Treharne, Hale, Williams & Kitas, 2007Thomas &). This can contribute to mothers having better quality of care and a positive birth experience (Kayes, McPherson, 2012;McPherson, Headrick & Moss, 2001;Smeltzer, 2007;Walsh Gallagher, Sinclair, Conkey, 2012).…”

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Taking It Into Account: Caring for Disabled Mothers During Pregnancy and Birth

Payne¹,

B²,

Roy³

et al. 2014

Int J Childbirth

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BackgroundAlthough more disabled women are pursuing motherhood over time, little is known about their needs and experiences in achieving this goal. MethodsA three-phase study was designed with the aim of identifying ways for services to be more responsive for women living with physical or sensory impairment during and after pregnancy. This paper draws on the qualitative phases of a three-part mixed method study, which involved individual and focus group interviews with the women and maternity and child health practitioners ResultsSixty-two mothers with either a physical or a sensory impairment, and 28 health practitioners participated in the study. Three themes were identified in relation to the current approaches to service provision: that the women were often responsible for educating the practitioners about their impairment; they often encountered disabling environments and; it was not uncommon for them to also encounter disabling attitudes from others. Strategies suggested by our participants to improve the provision of maternity services were for women's impairments to be taken into account in the structure and process of service provision, and for practitioners to problem solve and think ahead of how to meet the needs of disabled mothers. ConclusionThe need to take the woman's impairment into account was an overarching issue and strategy identified by both women and practitioners. This consideration has relevance not just at the practitioner/women interaction level but also for educational, structural service provision and policy levels.2

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Taking It Into Account: Caring for Disabled Mothers During Pregnancy and Birth

Payne¹,

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Roy³

et al. 2014

Int J Childbirth

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“…Further, they experience a lack of advice about practical things, such as on bathing the baby (Mitton et al, 2007).…”

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What do we know about rheumatoid arthritis patients’ support needs for self-management? A scoping review

Zuidema

Repping-Wuts²,

Evers

et al. 2015

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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“…What do they really think about their health care services? (See Hale et al, 2006a, 2006b, 2006cMitton et al, 2006. ) Qualitative research: which methodology?…”

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Qualitative methodologies I: asking research questions with reflexive insight

Hale

Treharne

Kitas

2007

Musculoskeletal Care

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The purpose of this paper, the first of a series of two discussion pieces, is to introduce some of the issues in the debate surrounding qualitative research to the readers of Musculoskeletal Care. Recent issues of the Journal have seen an informative focus on quantitative methods and statistical analysis, and here we provide an equivalent introduction to semi-structured interviewing and qualitative analysis in this series. In the qualitative tradition, we have tried to keep our discussion reflexive, transparent and contextualized within the history of the approach and the theoretical considerations that underlie it, including the origins, nature, methods and limits of the approach. We provide information that we hope is useful for readers with all levels of familiarity with qualitative research, building from an introduction to some basic assumptions and ethical issues. We also introduce one specific qualitative approach, interpretative phenomenological analysis, which researchers might wish to apply. In the accompanying paper in a subsequent issue of Musculoskeletal Care, we will describe the potential application of this approach.

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The health and life experiences of mothers with rheumatoid arthritis: A phenomenological study

Cited by 32 publications

References 38 publications

Taking It Into Account: Caring for Disabled Mothers During Pregnancy and Birth

Taking It Into Account: Caring for Disabled Mothers During Pregnancy and Birth

What do we know about rheumatoid arthritis patients’ support needs for self-management? A scoping review

Qualitative methodologies I: asking research questions with reflexive insight

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