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Home-based postnatal care following early hospital discharge: A descriptive study of the health care service midwife home. |
| المؤلفون: |
Skarsgaard, Benedikte Kjetland, Henriksen, Therese Harvold, Dahlberg, Unn, Løvvik, Tone Shetelig, Aune, Ingvild |
| المصدر: |
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare; Jun2024, Vol. 40, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p |
| مستخلص: |
• Women choosing home-based postpartum care: a group of healthy women and newborns. • Home-based postnatal care: safe among carefully selected mother-newborn pairs. • Few readmissions after giving birth and discharged early from hospital. At St. Olav's University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, "Midwife Home" (MH) is an integrated home-based postnatal service for mothers who want early discharge (i.e. 6–24 h) after giving birth. The purpose of our study was to evaluate MH by (1) describing the characteristics of mother–newborn pairs followed up by MH to investigate whether the service has an appropriate target group; (2) describing the number and causes of possible readmissions for safety; (3) investigating whether MH follows the criteria set for the service; and (4) exploring whether the service facilitates continuity of care. Following a cross-sectional design, we collected data from medical records at St. Olav's University Hospital. In the 212 mother–newborn pairs investigated, most mothers had a high level of education, were multiparous, had vaginal delivery, did not experience postpartum haemorrhage exceeding 500 mL, experienced first-degree or no perineal tear and started breastfeeding before discharge from hospital. Most newborns had a birthweight of 3000–4000 g and an APGAR score exceeding 7 after 5 min. Within the first six weeks postpartum, 1.4 % of the mothers and 2.3 % of the newborns were readmitted. Mothers who choose follow-up by MH represent a homogeneous group of healthy, highly educated multiparous mothers with uncomplicated births and healthy newborns. The low number of readmissions imply that MH is a safe service, and that the target group is appropriate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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