Being in the zone during physiological birth: a comparative study of hospital and home birth environments.

IF 2.3 Q2 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Frontiers in global women's health Pub Date : 2025-04-15 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fgwh.2025.1573688
Orli Dahan, Alon Goldberg
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Abstract

Introduction: A flow experience typically occurs when the challenge of a demanding physical activity aligns with an individual's abilities, resulting in a sense of empowerment and fulfillment. Experiencing flow during physiological childbirth occurs in various birth environments, but quantitative studies comparing home birth and hospital birth in this respect are scarce. Childbirth is a psychological, social, and physiological event; thus, the birthing environment probably crucially affects the mental state of birthing women. We hypothesized that home birth will be positively correlated with a heightened flow state experienced by women during physiological labor, differing significantly from the experience of women birthing in a hospital.

Method: Israeli women with physiological childbirth experience were recruited through social media. Participants (n = 421) completed the Flow State Scale (FSS) and a demographic questionnaire.

Results: Comparing hospital births and home births, our research reveals a significant correlation between home birth environment and heightened birthing women's flow state. In physiological childbirth, women birthing at home report higher flow states compared to women in hospitals.

Discussion: The observed differences indicate a compelling connection between the birthing environment and the women's experience during labor. The heightened flow state during home births is explained in measured flow dimensions: challenge-skill balance, action-awareness merging, clear goals, unambiguous feedback, concentration, and joy. By comparing correlations of birthing environments and birthing women's flow state, this research contributes a novel perspective to the ongoing discourse on optimizing childbirth experience.

生理性分娩时处于安全区:医院和家庭分娩环境的比较研究。
引言:心流体验通常发生在要求高的体力活动的挑战与个人的能力相一致时,从而产生一种授权和满足感。生理分娩过程中的心流发生在各种分娩环境中,但在这方面比较家庭分娩和医院分娩的定量研究很少。分娩是一个心理、社会和生理事件;因此,分娩环境可能对分娩妇女的心理状态有至关重要的影响。我们假设,在家分娩与女性在生理分娩期间体验到的更高的心流状态呈正相关,这与在医院分娩的女性体验有显著不同。方法:通过社交媒体招募有生理分娩经历的以色列女性。参与者(n = 421)完成了心流状态量表(FSS)和人口统计问卷。结果:通过对比医院分娩和在家分娩,我们的研究发现在家分娩环境与分娩女性心流状态升高有显著的相关关系。在生理分娩中,在家分娩的妇女报告的心流状态比在医院分娩的妇女高。讨论:观察到的差异表明分娩环境和妇女在分娩过程中的经历之间存在着令人信服的联系。在家分娩时的高心流状态可以用测量的心流维度来解释:挑战-技能平衡、行动意识融合、明确的目标、明确的反馈、专注和快乐。通过比较分娩环境与分娩妇女心流状态的相关性,本研究为正在进行的优化分娩体验的论述提供了一个新的视角。
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