Women's levels of birth satisfaction in the Greek Cypriot context

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Midwifery Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2025.104393

Eleni Hadjigeorgiou , Paris Vogazianos , Suzan Ayers , Ioanna Koliandri , Andri Christoforou

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Abstract

Background

Women's satisfaction with their childbirth experiences is an important outcome for perinatal healthcare systems. Low satisfaction levels have been associated with both short-term and long-term implications for the mother, the baby and the family unit. This is the first study conducted in Cyprus measuring women's birth satisfaction levels through BSS-R.

Aim

To examine birth satisfaction among new mothers in Cyprus using the BSS-R and to investigate potential associations between birth satisfaction, socioeconomic factors, and obstetric parameters, including mode of birth, complications, presence of a birth partner, and the perception of labour as traumatic.

Method

The data presented in this article are part of data collected for the INTERSECT study (ResearchRegistry.com Identifier: 6439), an international, cross-sectional survey of postpartum PTSD, depression, trauma exposure, birth satisfaction, as well as demographic and obstetric details. The study population was 238 women who had given birth in Cyprus a maximum of two years prior to their participation in the study. Data collection was conducted between September 2022 and May 2023.

Results

Significant associations were found between birth satisfaction and socioeconomic and obstetric factors. Older women and those with previous childbirth experience reported higher satisfaction levels. Differences in birth satisfaction were found between women experiencing an emergency CS and those having a vaginal birth. Statistically significant differences in birth satisfaction were also found between women who had no complications and those who had experienced complications during their labour. Women who had a partner present during labour were more satisfied than those who had no one. The findings of both the quantitative and the qualitative data suggest a number of actions that can be developed and implemented to increase women's birth satisfaction levels in the Greek Cypriot context.

Conclusions

Women's birth satisfaction levels in Cyprus can be enhanced through targeted interventions including the development of national guidelines for the provision of quality care, re-design of antenatal education and training of healthcare professionals. The validation of BSS-R in the context under investigation could facilitate the systematic assessment of birth satisfaction, a practice currently missing from the local healthcare system.

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背景妇女对分娩经历的满意度是围产期保健系统的一项重要成果。低满意度与母亲、婴儿和家庭单位的短期和长期影响有关。目的使用 BSS-R 测试塞浦路斯新妈妈的分娩满意度，并调查分娩满意度、社会经济因素和产科参数（包括分娩方式、并发症、分娩伴侣的存在以及对分娩创伤的感知）之间的潜在关联。方法本文介绍的数据是INTERSECT研究（ResearchRegistry.com Identifier：6439）所收集数据的一部分，该研究是一项国际性横断面调查，调查内容包括产后创伤后应激障碍、抑郁、创伤暴露、分娩满意度以及人口统计学和产科细节。研究对象为 238 名妇女，她们在参与研究前最多两年在塞浦路斯分娩。结果发现，分娩满意度与社会经济和产科因素之间存在显著关联。高龄产妇和有过分娩经历的产妇的满意度较高。在经历紧急剖腹产和阴道分娩的产妇之间，分娩满意度存在差异。没有并发症的产妇与在分娩过程中出现并发症的产妇在分娩满意度方面也存在统计学意义上的差异。分娩时有伴侣陪伴的产妇比没有伴侣陪伴的产妇更满意。定量和定性数据的研究结果表明，可以制定和实施一系列行动来提高希族塞人妇女的分娩满意度。结论塞浦路斯妇女的分娩满意度可以通过有针对性的干预措施来提高，包括制定提供优质护理的国家指导方针、重新设计产前教育和培训医疗保健专业人员。在所调查的情况下验证 BSS-R 有助于对分娩满意度进行系统评估，而这正是当地医疗保健系统目前所缺乏的做法。

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Midwifery 医学-护理

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

7.40%

发文量

221

审稿时长

13.4 weeks

期刊介绍： Midwifery publishes the latest peer reviewed international research to inform the safety, quality, outcomes and experiences of pregnancy, birth and maternity care for childbearing women, their babies and families. The journal’s publications support midwives and maternity care providers to explore and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes informed by best available evidence. Midwifery provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and discussion of advances in evidence, controversies and current research, and promotes continuing education through publication of systematic and other scholarly reviews and updates. Midwifery articles cover the cultural, clinical, psycho-social, sociological, epidemiological, education, managerial, workforce, organizational and technological areas of practice in preconception, maternal and infant care. The journal welcomes the highest quality scholarly research that employs rigorous methodology. Midwifery is a leading international journal in midwifery and maternal health with a current impact factor of 1.861 (© Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2016) and employs a double-blind peer review process.