Childbirth experience and practice changing during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate mothers' satisfaction with childbirth experience in a cohort of women who delivered during COVID pandemia and to compare them to a pre-COVID cohort.

Design

We performed a cross-sectional study in a low-risk Maternity Unit.

Methods

Women who delivered during COVID-19 pandemic were compared to a pre-COVID cohort recruited in 2018 in the same setting. Italian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (I-BSS-R) was used.

Results

Three hundred and seventy-seven women were included (277 pre-COVID and 100 during COVID pandemic). No differences in terms of satisfaction at birth were reported (I-BSS-R mean 27.0, SD 5.3 versus mean 27.6, SD 6.1, p 0.34), despite an increased rate of active intrapartum interventions. Intrapartum variables that signif

SUBMITTER: Inversetti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242706 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature