Mothers' Experience of Category 1 Cesarean Section

Recruiting

• Conditions: Cesarean Section Complications

• Registration Number: NCT05840367
• Lead Sponsor: Sygehus Lillebaelt

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-28
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-03
• Study Start: 2023-06-01
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-26
• Primary Completion: 2024-11-30
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 15

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PTSD	Three months after the cesarean section	Occurence of posttraumatic stress as evaluated using the PTSD-8 tool (in Danish)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lillebaelt Hospital, Kolding; 🇩🇰 Kolding, Denmark