Women's satisfaction with midwife-led continuity of care: an observational study in Palestine.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A midwife-led continuity model of care had been implemented in the Palestinian governmental health system to improve maternal services in several rural areas. This study investigated if the model influenced women's satisfaction with care, during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.

Design

An observational case-control design was used to compare the midwife-led continuity model of care with regular maternity care.

Participants and setting

Women with singleton pregnancies, who had registered for antenatal care at a rural governmental clinic in the West Bank, were between 1 to 6 months after birth invited to answer a questionnaire rating satisfaction with care in 7-point Likert scales.

Primary outcome

The mean sum-score of satisfaction with care

SUBMITTER: Mortensen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858166 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature