Women's Experiences of Maternity Bladder Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 9
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Women's experiences of bladder care during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period
研究概览
简要总结
Background.
Although a healthy urinary system is a vital aspect in every woman's life, bladder management is an aspect of maternity care, which is, or perceived as, being poorly managed by health care professionals. Furthermore, although the relationship between childbirth and bladder dysfunction is an incontestable fact very well documented in the medical literature, women's experiences of bladder care have not been recognized by the evidence, and therefore, no research has been developed to address this topic. This fact implies a limited level of awareness and degree of implication from women in this matter.
Research question.
What are women's experiences, perceptions and knowledge of bladder care during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period?
Aim.
To explore women's experiences of bladder care during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period.
Design.
Exploratory, descriptive research study.
Population.
Women who have given birth to a singleton, live, term baby between two weeks and six months prior the study, and who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Methods.
In-depth semi-structured interviews.
Sample.
A purposive sample of eight to sixteen women, with a heterogeneous representation of the different modes of birth, will be sought.
Recruitment.
Postnatal midwives will act as gatekeepers identifying potential participants and providing information packs. Other recruitment resources will include posters and a study website, which will be advertised at local maternity groups.
Data collection.
Semi-structure interviews to gain a deep understanding of women's experiences of maternity bladder care. Interviews will last between thirty minutes to a couple of hours and they will be digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim.
Data Analysis.
Framework analysis assisted by memoing technique.
Ethical considerations.
Ethical approval from the Sponsor and the Health Research Authority will be sought.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Women who have received antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care at the designated hospital.
- •Women who have given birth to a live singleton, term (37 to 42 weeks gestation) infant between two weeks and six months ago at the designated hospital.
- •Women who have been identified and received the information pack by the named postnatal midwife. Alternatively, potential participants can also get included in the study after being self-referred through local maternity groups (posters, leaflets, (PDF file) webpages and study website).
排除标准
- •Women and newborns with serious medical/life threatening conditions (pre-existing mental health, neurological, uro-genital conditions, pregnancy related complications and/or newborn related conditions, such us, preterm delivery, fetal abnormalities, admission to the neonatal unit and poor condition at birth).
- •Women who have experienced a stillbirth, neonatal death or traumatic birth.
- •Women who are not fluent in English, although Spanish participants will be included as the main researcher is fluent in both languages.
- •Women under the age of eighteen.
- •Women who are unable to be interviewed due to cognitive impairment or disabilities.
结局指标
主要结局
Women's experiences of bladder care during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period
时间窗: day 1
Qualitative semi-structured interviews performed at one occasion where the participant describes her experience of bladder care during pregnancy, labour and after birth.
次要结局
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