Patient Satisfaction
Conditions
Keywords
group based care, antenatal care, parents satisfaction, Antenatal care´s organization and patient satisfaction
Brief summary
The Study compares group based care versus individual given care-effects on patient satisfaction and health. Midwives will be randomized to either traditional antenatal care (Individual care) or group based antenatal care(intervention).
Detailed description
In the RCT the midwife is randomized.There are a multicenter study. Before the study started the midwives received education about the study. Then they randomized with simple randomization per site(clinics). The midwives also have follow up meeting with the research team during the recruting period. The parents are informed about the study at the booking appointment, after that they can choose if they want to participate in the study and are allocated to either intervention or control, based on the woman's date of birth. The main aim is to investigate parents' satisfaction of antenatal group based care. The RCT is based on three questionnaires which both women and their partners receive, the first at baseline before they receive different models of care, and the second questionnaire distributed four to six months after birth and the last one year after birth. Descriptive and inferential statistics will be used in the analysis.A power calculation is made and the study schould have a total number of 350 partners.
Interventions
OTHERgroup based care
Midwives is randomized and allocated to group based antenatal care. The midwives have a manual for the model of care.
Sponsors
Karolinska Institutet
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Must be able to Speak Swedish
Exclusion criteria
* Non speaking Swedish
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Group based antenatal care versus Individual care- parent´s satisfaction with care | 6 years | Satisfaction with care and involvement of partner, three questionnaire to parents in control group and intervention group, which measure the satisfaction with care |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| socialization with other parents | 4 years | The study include this secondary outcome, measure with two qustionnarie four to six mounts after birth and the second qustionnarie one year after birth. The questionnare to borth group(conrtil group and intervention griup) |
| Self reported health effect on mother and child | 6 years | Measure the health with instrument as EPDS scale and question regarding health, parental stress and breastfeeding.Four to six months and one year after birth. The questionnaire is sending out to both woman and partner. |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed