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Title: | Satisfaction with team midwifery care for low- and high-risk women: A randomized controlled trial. | Authors: | Biro M.A.;Pannifex J.H.;Brown S.;Waldenstrom U. | Institution: | (Biro) Women's/Children's Health Program, Southern Health Service, Melbourne, Vic., Australia (Waldenstrom) Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (Brown) Ctr. Stud. Mothers'/Children's Hlth., La Trobe University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia (Pannifex) Women's Health Program, Southern Health Service, Melbourne, Vic., Australia (Biro) Women's/Children's Health Program, Southern Health, Monash Medical Centre, Locked Bag 29, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia | Issue Date: | 19-Oct-2012 | Copyright year: | 2003 | Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Inc. (350 Main Street, Malden MA 02148, United States) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Birth. 30 (1) (pp 1-10), 2003. Date of Publication: March 2003. | Abstract: | Background: In 1996 a new model of maternity care characterized by continuity of midwifery care from early pregnancy through the postpartum period was implemented for women attending Monash Medical Centre, a tertiary level obstetric service, in Melbourne, Australia. This study's purpose was to assess the impact of this model on women's views and experiences of care during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods compared with views of women receiving standard maternity care. Method(s): One thousand low- and high-risk women who booked at the antenatal clinic and met the eligibility criteria were randomly allocated to continuity of midwifery care from a group of seven midwives in collaboration with medical staff, or to standard care from a variety of midwives and medical staff. Women's views of care were measured by means of a postal questionnaire at four months after the birth. Result(s): Team midwifery care was associated with increased satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum, and some aspects of postpartum care. The differences were most obvious for antenatal care. Conclusion(s): Continuity of midwifery care is realistically achievable in a tertiary obstetric referral service and is associated with increased satisfaction. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-536X.2003.00211.x | PubMed URL: | 12581034 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=12581034] | ISSN: | 0730-7659 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/32811 | Type: | Article | Subjects: | clinical trial controlled clinical trial controlled study female high risk population human major clinical study *maternal care medical staff *midwife model *patient satisfaction priority journal puerperium questionnaire randomized controlled trial teamwork adult prenatal care article Australia *midwife model *patient satisfaction prenatal care priority journal puerperium questionnaire randomized controlled trial teamwork major clinical study human high risk population female controlled study adult medical staff Australia article *maternal care controlled clinical trial clinical trial |
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Randomised controlled trial |
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