Cesarean Section Complications
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this qualitative prospective study is to investigate how mothers experience a category 1 cesarean section in a hospital where the partner is present in the operation room during the entire process (induction of general anestesia, cesarean section, possible resuscitation of newborn). Mothers will be included in the study, if they wish to participate, on day 1 or 2 following the cesarean section and a brief, structured interview will be held concerning her experience of the cesarean section. Clinical baseline data regarding the mother, the cesarean section and the infant will be collected from patients files. Mothers will be contacted again three months after the cesarean section, and a semi-structured interview will be held via telephone. At the end of the interview a screening for posttraumatic stress will be performed, using the PTSD-8 tool. The interviews will be recorded and transscribed verbatim. Content of interviews will be analysed using manifest content analysis. NVivo software will be used for coding interviews.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPartner present in the operation room
The partner (father, co-mother or other close relative present for the birth) is present in the operation room during the entire category 1 cesarean section. This is standard clinical practice in this particular hospital since June 2021.
Sponsors
Sygehus Lillebaelt
University of Southern Denmark
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Mothers who had a category 1 cesarean section in Kolding Hospital, Denmark during a 1-year period
Exclusion criteria
* Not speaking/understanding Danish
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mothers' experience of the category 1 cesarean section | Three months after the cesarean section | Qualitative analysis of data regarding mothers' experience of a category 1 cesarean section in a hospital where the partner is present in the operation room. Semi-structured interviews will be held, recorded digitally and transscribed. Content will be analysed qualitatively using manifest content analysis, and major themes as well as sub-themes will be identified, describing mothers' experience with the category 1 cesarean section. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PTSD | Three months after the cesarean section | Occurence of posttraumatic stress as evaluated using the PTSD-8 tool (in Danish) |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
STUDY_CHAIRAnne C Brøchner, MD, Associate Professor
Lillebaelt Hospital Kolding, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, and University of Southern Denmark, Department of Regional Health Research
Outcome results
None listed