Emotional factors, medical interventions and mode of birth among low-risk primiparous women in Poland

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Background and objectives

Birth is a critical event in women’s lives. Since humans have evolved to give birth in the context of social support, not having it in modern settings might lead to more complications during birth. Our aim was to model how emotional factors and medical interventions related to birth outcomes in hospital settings in Poland, where c-section rates have doubled in the last decade.

Methodology

We analysed data from 2363 low-risk primiparous women who went into labor with the intention of giving birth vaginally. We used a model comparison approach to examine the relationship between emotional and medical variables and birth outcome (vaginal or c-section), including sociodemographic control variables in all models.

Results

A model with

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10224696 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature