[Visualization of unstructured personal narratives of perterm birth using text network analysis].

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to identify the components of preterm birth (PTB) through women's personal narratives and to visualize clinical symptom expressions (CSEs).

Methods

The participants were 11 women who gave birth before 37 weeks of gestational age. Personal narratives were collected by interactive unstructured storytelling via individual interviews, from August 8 to December 4, 2019 after receiving approval of the Institutional Review Board. The textual data were converted to PDF and analyzed using the MAXQDA program (VERBI Software).

Results

The participants' mean age was 34.6 (±2.98) years, and five participants had a spontaneous vaginal birth. The following nine components of PTB were identified: obstetric condition, emotional condition, physical condition, m

SUBMITTER: Kim JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328584 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature