Erzurum Provincial Health Directorate, Yakutiye District Health Directorate, Midwife, Turkey.
Department of Midwifery, Facultiy of Health Science, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2024 Apr 1;27(4):424-429. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_163_23. Epub 2024 Apr 29.
A traumatic childbirth experience can have both short- and long-term health and well-being consequences for the woman and her family. If a woman experiences traumatic childbirth and retains negative memories for a long time, this may impact her future childbirth experience, mother-infant bonding and breastfeeding problems, and her relationship with other family members.
The research was conducted to evaluate the relationship between women's traumatic birth perception and birth memory and recall.
This descriptive study was conducted at Erzurum Research Hospital between August 16 and October 2021. Two hundred sixty women who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study sample. The personal information protocol, "Traumatic Childbirth Perception Scale," and "Birth Memories and Recall Questionnaire" were used to collect data.
The participants' mean age was 30.13 ± 5.85, and 43.4% had their first birth. Of the participants, 45% had one living child, 72.9% had a planned pregnancy, and 62.8% had a normal birth. Whereas more than a third of women in the study perceived childbirth and childbirth processes as moderately traumatic, another third had a high and very high perception. The birth memories and recall mean scores of the mothers within the scope of the study were 81.09 ± 22.69. According to the study results, it was determined that women's birth memories and recall were negatively affected as their traumatic childbirth perceptions increased.
It is possible to reduce traumatic childbirth perception with the continuous care and support provided by midwives during childbirth. Improving women's traumatic childbirth perception will also positively impact women's long-term memories of childbirth experience.
分娩经历对产妇及其家庭的身心健康都有短期和长期的影响。如果女性经历了创伤性分娩并长期保留负面记忆，这可能会影响她未来的分娩体验、母婴关系和母乳喂养问题，以及她与其他家庭成员的关系。
本研究旨在评估女性创伤性分娩感知与分娩记忆和回忆之间的关系。
本研究于 2021 年 8 月 16 日至 10 月在 Erzurum 研究医院进行。将符合纳入标准的 260 名女性纳入研究样本。使用个人信息问卷、“创伤性分娩感知量表”和“分娩记忆和回忆问卷”收集数据。
参与者的平均年龄为 30.13 ± 5.85 岁，43.4%的人是初产妇。参与者中 45%有一个活产子女，72.9%有计划妊娠，62.8%为正常分娩。研究中有超过三分之一的女性认为分娩和分娩过程是中度创伤性的，另有三分之一的女性认为分娩是高度或非常高度创伤性的。研究范围内母亲的分娩记忆和回忆平均得分为 81.09 ± 22.69。根据研究结果，随着女性创伤性分娩感知的增加，其分娩记忆和回忆受到负面影响。
通过助产士在分娩过程中的持续护理和支持，可以降低创伤性分娩的感知。改善女性对创伤性分娩的感知将对女性对分娩经历的长期记忆产生积极影响。
