Women's experiences of the Odon Device to assist vaginal birth and participation in intrapartum research: a qualitative study in a maternity unit in the Southwest of England.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate women's experiences of having a birth assisted by the Odon Device (an innovative device for assisted vaginal birth) and participation in intrapartum research.

Design

Qualitative semistructured interviews and observations undertaken in the context of case study work embedded in the ASSIST feasibility study.

Setting

A tertiary referral National Health Service (NHS) maternity unit in the Southwest of England, between 8 October 2018 and 26 January 2019.

Participants

Eight women, four operators and 11 midwives participated with eight observations of the assisted vaginal birth, eight interviews with women in the postnatal period, 39 interviews/reflections with operators and 19 interviews with midwives. Women in the case study research were re

SUBMITTER: Hotton EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679107 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature