Department of Midwifery, Nursing and Midwifery School, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Department of Midwifery, Reproductive Health Promotion Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Mar 2;21(1):173. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03666-z.
Understanding the pregnant women's perception of continuity of team midwifery care is necessary for introducing and implementing this model of midwife-led care in the Iranian maternity services. This qualitative study aims to explore women's perception of continuity of team midwifery care in Iran.
This research is a qualitative study conducted in Iran to explore women's perception of continuity of team midwifery care during pregnancy, birth and postpartum from October 2019 to August 2020. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with women individually in private midwifery clinic through a purposive sampling method. Interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim in Persian and analyzed using conventional content analysis.
From the data analysis, two themes, four main categories, and nine subcategories emerged. The themes were "Maternal empowerment" and "Mother's satisfaction during the transition from pregnancy to motherhood". The first theme included two categories of improving self-efficacy during antenatal education classes and the effective midwife-mother interaction. The second theme composed of two categories of satisfaction with the process of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum as well as satisfaction with motherhood.
Findings of this qualitative study highlight the effectiveness of continuity of team midwifery model of care for promoting empowerment and satisfaction in women during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. The results of this study could pave the way for developing, introducing and implementing the midwife-led continuity models of care in Iran.
了解孕妇对团队助产士连续护理的看法，对于在伊朗的产妇服务中引入和实施这种助产士主导的护理模式是必要的。本 qualitative study 旨在探讨伊朗妇女对团队助产士连续护理的看法。
这是一项在伊朗进行的定性研究，旨在探索妇女在怀孕期间、分娩和产后对团队助产士连续护理的看法。通过目的抽样法，在私人助产士诊所对 15 名妇女进行了个体半结构式访谈。访谈以波斯语数字录音和逐字转录，并使用常规内容分析进行分析。
从数据分析中，出现了两个主题、四个主要类别和九个子类别。主题是“孕产妇赋权”和“从怀孕到母亲身份的过渡期间母亲的满意度”。第一个主题包括两个类别：在产前教育课程中提高自我效能感和有效助产士-母亲互动。第二个主题由两个类别组成：对怀孕、分娩和产后过程的满意度以及对母亲身份的满意度。
这项定性研究的结果强调了团队助产士连续护理模式在促进孕妇在怀孕、分娩和产后期间赋权和满意度方面的有效性。这项研究的结果可为伊朗开发、引入和实施以助产士为主导的连续护理模式铺平道路。
