Nyberg, 2010
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What are the views of those who support women (i.e. family and close
friends, peer support groups, midwives and other relevant healthcare
staff) on impact of birth mode on development of PTSD?
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N=8 midwives at specialist clinic for women with PTSD after birth
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Describe specialist midwives’ experiences of working with women with
postnatal PTSD.
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Semi-structured interviews analysed using thematic content
analysis.
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Midwives reported a large number of women requesting ElCS after a
previous traumatic birth, but felt that planning a vaginal delivery and
appropriately supporting women throughout helped women confront their
past experiences and move on from them. Women who did have ElCS tended
to feel dissatisfied at their choice.
Women felt like midwives were not supportive and did not listen to them
properly and this worsened their experience of traumatic birth.
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CASP: 9/10
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Tham, 2010 |
How do women who have PTSD perceive the impact of
social/peer support on their mental health outcomes? |
N=84 women who
had EmCS and developed PTSS (n=42) or did not develop PTSS (n=42) |
Compare the experiences of women who underwent EmCS and the differences
between those who did and did not develop PTSD. |
Telephone interview 6
months after birth recorded by hand and analysed by content analysis. |
Women with PTSD were more likely to report: midwives seeming nervous,
midwives being unsupported, not feeling involved in decisions about
their treatment and feeling like the baby would die. |
CASP:
9/10 |