Women's experience and satisfaction with midwife-led maternity care: a cross-sectional survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low risk pregnancy ending in a vaginal birth is best served and guided by a midwife. Utilizing a midwife in such cases offers many emotional and economic advantages and does not increase the risks for mother or neonate. However, women's experience and satisfaction of midwife-led maternity care is rarely reported in China. The primary objective of this study is to describe the experience of Chinese women receiving midwife-led maternity care, and to report their satisfaction level of the experience.

Methods

The study is a cross-sectional survey of 4192 women who had natural birth from March-June 2019 in a maternity care center, Shanghai, China. We used a self-administered questionnaire addressing items related to women's experience during childbirth, as well as thei

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893951 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature