O'Brien M
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1978 Aug;28(193):460-6.
A survey of women delivered in 24 different districts compared the patients' reports of their experiences of delivery in hospital with delivery at home.Among the findings were that labour lasted a significantly shorter time at home, significantly fewer women were left alone at home, and significantly fewer had episiotomies at home.Husbands played much more of a role at home and 76 per cent were present at the birth compared with 30 per cent in hospital.Of the mothers at home 57 per cent held their baby "as long as they wanted" compared with 29 per cent in hospital.These and other factors suggest that more needs to be done to improve the qualitative aspects of delivery in hospital and especially to promote warmer human relationships within the patient's family.
一项针对在24个不同地区分娩的女性的调查，将患者对其住院分娩经历的报告与在家分娩的情况进行了比较。研究结果包括，在家分娩时产程明显更短，在家中独自待产的女性明显更少，在家中接受会阴切开术的女性也明显更少。丈夫在家中发挥的作用要大得多，76%的丈夫会在分娩时在场，而在医院这一比例为30%。在家分娩的母亲中，57%的人“想抱多久就抱多久”自己的宝宝，而在医院这一比例为29%。这些以及其他因素表明，需要做更多工作来改善住院分娩的质量，尤其是要促进患者家庭内部更温暖的人际关系。
