Women's experiences following emergency Peripartum hysterectomy at St. Francis hospital Nsambya. A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH) is a known remedy for saving women's lives when faced with the challenging situation of severe post partum hemorrhage not responsive to conservative management. However, EPH by its nature is also a traumatic birth event that causes serious physical, emotional and psychological harm. Unfortunately at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya nothing much is known about these experiences since no study has been undertaken and these women are not routinely followed up. The purpose of this study was to explore these emotional experiences.

Methods

This was a qualitative phenomenological study carried out between August and December 2018. All those women who had undergone EPH between January 2015 and August 2018 were eligible to participate in

SUBMITTER: Pilli P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7687817 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature