Use of pain management in childbirth among migrant women in Iceland: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immigration is rapidly increasing in Iceland with 13.6% of the population holding foreign citizenship in 2020. Earlier findings identified inequities in childbirth care for some women in Iceland. To gain insight into the quality of intrapartum midwifery care, migrant women's use of pain management methods during birth in Iceland was explored.

Methods

A population-based cohort study including all women with a singleton birth in Iceland between 2007 and 2018, in total 48 173 births. Logistic regression analyses with odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to investigate the relationship between migrant backgrounds defined as holding foreign citizenship and the use of pain management during birth. The main outcome measures were use of nonpharma

SUBMITTER: Guðmundsdottir EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545143 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature