Midwives providing woman-centred care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A national qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused isolation, fear, and impacted on maternal healthcare provision.

Aim

To explore midwives' experiences about how COVID-19 impacted their ability to provide woman-centred care, and what lessons they have learnt as a result of the mandated government and hospital restrictions (such as social distancing) during the care of the woman and her family.

Methods

A qualitative interpretive descriptive study was conducted. Twenty-six midwives working in all models of care in all states and territories of Australia were recruited through social media, and selected using a maximum variation sampling approach. Data were collected through in-depth interviews between May to August, 2020. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and

SUBMITTER: Stulz VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514642 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature