Titre : | Women’s opinions about their birth partners staying overnight on the postnatal wards (2021) |
Auteurs : | Charlie Barber ; Elizabeth Cluett |
Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
Dans : | Midirs. Midwifery Digest (Vol. 31, n° 2, June 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 251-262 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Sujets : |
Paramédical (MeSH) Conjoints ; COVID-19 ; Pères ; Prise en charge postnatale ; Sage-femme ; Soins de nuit ; Visiteurs des patients |
Résumé : |
Background: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, several NHS trusts facilitated birth partners staying overnight on postnatal wards. However, a literature search found that there is a lack of published literature evaluating women's opinions of this service.
Aim: To identify women's opinions on birth partners staying overnight on postnatal wards in a trust which did not facilitate overnight stays. Ethical approval: Ethical approval was granted by Ethics and Research Governance Online at the University of Southampton in 2018, ID 40747. Methods: The design was exploratory, using a convenience sample approach on three wards in the local maternity unit which cared for postnatal women but did not facilitate birth partners staying overnight. Postnatal women staying across the four-week data collection period were recruited by ward staff who distributed a paper-based questionnaire to the bedside. Additionally, posters displayed information about the study so women could ask staff to participate. The questionnaire contained categorical, demographic and narrative questions to ascertain women's opinions about birth partners staying overnight. Women aged under 18, those who were bereaved, or with neonates in the neonatal unit were excluded. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and manually collating narrative responses which were checked with a colleague for consistent interpretation. Results: Fifty-nine questionnaires were returned completed. Of the 54 who answered the primary question, 80 per cent (n=43, 95% Cl 0.67-0.88) wanted their partner to stay overnight, and the majority (n=36, 61 %) felt comfortable about having other women's birth partners staying. The most common reasons for wanting partners to stay were: emotional and practical support (n=29); so partners could bond with and help care for the baby (n=8); reference to immobility due to a caesarean (n=8) and to reduce the midwives' workload (n=7). Those who did not want partners to stay most commonly said they would feel uncomfortable (n=6), would experience a lack of privacy (n=5), and felt it would negatively impact on their choice to breastfeed (n=2). Conclusion: In this small study the majority of women want their birth partner to stay overnight — but some women feel negatively about this which could potentially impact on their feeding method. If overnight visiting is enabled, women who would feel uncomfortable with partners staying overnight should have the option to stay in a room without partners. Research needs to explore women's opinions further, as well as midwives and partners' views, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic as their views may have changed. |
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