Stulz Virginia, Dunham Dorothy, Farrugia Tara, Drayton Nicola
Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
Practice Development Unit, Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, New South Wales Government, Kingswood, Australia.
Eur J Midwifery. 2024 Aug 22;8. doi: 10.18332/ejm/191162. eCollection 2024.
Midwives in an Australian birth unit undertook a project to develop a resource for women and their support person. The aim of this study was to explore how the women, support persons and midwives viewed the introduction of this resource designed to guide and support women in their choice of support person.
A quantitative survey study was used to explore how three participant groups viewed the introduction of a support person information resource. A hospital designed survey was developed for women, support people and midwives. Data were analyzed using SPSS, version 26 and Braun and Clarke's guide for thematic analysis.
More than half (55%) of the midwives believed that the information resource presented influenced women's choice of support people during labor. Almost three-quarters (72%) of the women did not change their choice of number of support people that they wanted during their labor. The majority (83%) of women would recommend the support person brochure to other women. The majority (83%) of support people stayed the entire duration of labor. Four themes were generated from open-ended questions: value of the information sheet, knowing how to be a support person, connecting midwives with being woman-centered, and choosing the support person.
The availability of an information resource was of benefit for women, support people and midwives, contributing to women feeling more informed in choosing their support person. Midwives felt they had evidence to support conversations with women, contributing to the feeling of being woman-centered. Support people had increased confidence.
澳大利亚一家分娩单位的助产士开展了一个项目，旨在为女性及其支持人员开发一种资源。本研究的目的是探讨女性、支持人员和助产士如何看待这种旨在指导和支持女性选择支持人员的资源的引入。
采用定量调查研究来探讨三个参与群体如何看待支持人员信息资源的引入。为女性、支持人员和助产士开发了一份医院设计的调查问卷。使用SPSS 26版以及布劳恩和克拉克的主题分析指南对数据进行分析。
超过一半（55%）的助产士认为所提供的信息资源影响了女性在分娩期间对支持人员的选择。近四分之三（72%）的女性在分娩期间没有改变她们想要的支持人员数量的选择。大多数（83%）女性会向其他女性推荐支持人员手册。大多数（83%）支持人员在整个分娩期间都在场。从开放式问题中产生了四个主题：信息表的价值、知道如何成为支持人员、将助产士与以女性为中心联系起来以及选择支持人员。
信息资源的可用性对女性、支持人员和助产士有益，有助于女性在选择支持人员时了解更多信息。助产士觉得她们有证据支持与女性的对话，有助于营造以女性为中心的氛围。支持人员的信心增强了。
