Maternity care during COVID-19: a qualitative evidence synthesis of women's and maternity care providers' views and experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As COVID-19 continued to impact society and health, maternity care, as with many other healthcare sectors across the globe, experienced tumultuous changes. These changes have the potential to considerably impact on the experience of maternity care. To gain insight and understanding of the experience of maternity care during COVID-19, from the perspectives of women and maternity care providers, we undertook a qualitative evidence synthesis (QES).

Methods

The population of interest for the QES were pregnant and postpartum women, and maternity care providers, who provided qualitative data on their experiences of maternity care during COVID-19. The electronic databases of MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO and the Cochrane COVID study register were systematically searc

SUBMITTER: Flaherty SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9132752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature