Evaluation of Postpartum Midwifery Care in Greece Based on Patient-Reported Outcomes Using the MMAYpostpartum Questionnaire: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Background The midwife's role throughout pregnancy and delivery management is essential, with multiple healthcare systems even following a midwife-led model of care. Of particular interest is the improvement and optimisation of midwifery postpartum care, which in Greece is empirically known to have decreased in quality, both due to the economic crisis and the recent pandemic. Aims To collect patient-reported outcomes with regard to the quality of midwifery services in Greece, ascertain baseline patient characteristics that may affect quality assessment, identify key areas for improvement, and propose patient subgroups who would most benefit from more specialized care. Setting and design A prospective, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey using the Measurement of Midwifery quality po

SUBMITTER: Kosiva A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537349 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature