Birthing With Others: Exploring the Efficacy of One-On-One Professional Support on Physiological Birth and Flow State.

IF 2.8 3区 医学 Q1 NURSING
Orli Dahan, Alon Goldberg
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Abstract

Background: One-on-one professional support during labor is recognized for its role in promoting physiological birth, reducing interventions, and enhancing women's birthing experiences. Throughout physiological birth, many women encounter an altered state of consciousness. This state not only facilitates the normal birth process but also empowers women during and after childbirth. Recently, the flow-a mental state of complete absorption and energized focus in an activity, with a sense of control and high motivation-has been identified as a measure of this experience during physiological birth. This study aimed to discover whether one-on-one continuous professional support would improve the childbirth experience by increasing the likelihood of physiological birth and a heightened state of flow during childbirth.

Methods: Women with childbirth experience were recruited through social media. Participants (n = 788) completed an online survey: the Flow State Scale (FSS) and a demographic questionnaire, including details about the professional support received during childbirth.

Results: One-on-one professional support was significantly associated with natural childbirth (midwife: 80.9%, doula: 65.7%) and lower medical interventions (midwife: 19.1%, doula: 34.3%) compared to conventional professional assistance (natural birth: 44.4%, interventions: 55.6%). A MANCOVA analysis revealed significant differences in flow state levels, with women receiving one-on-one support experiencing the highest flow state.

Conclusions: This research validates the significant correlation between one-on-one support-provided by midwives or doulas-and physiological birth. It also establishes for the first time a correlation between women in childbirth receiving continuous one-on-one professional support and heightened flow state levels, signifying a positive and empowering birthing experience.

与他人一起分娩:探索一对一专业支持对生理分娩和流动状态的影响。
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Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care
Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care 医学-妇产科学
CiteScore
4.10
自引率
4.00%
发文量
90
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care is a multidisciplinary, refereed journal devoted to issues and practices in the care of childbearing women, infants, and families. It is written by and for professionals in maternal and neonatal health, nurses, midwives, physicians, public health workers, doulas, social scientists, childbirth educators, lactation counselors, epidemiologists, and other health caregivers and policymakers in perinatal care.
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