Danish women's experiences of the rebozo technique during labour: A qualitative explorative study
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Danish women's experiences of the rebozo technique during labour : A qualitative explorative study. / Iversen, Mette Langeland; Midtgaard, Julie; Ekelin, Maria; Hegaard, Hanne Kristine.
I: Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, Bind 11, 03.2017, s. 79-85.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Danish women's experiences of the rebozo technique during labour
T2 - A qualitative explorative study
AU - Iversen, Mette Langeland
AU - Midtgaard, Julie
AU - Ekelin, Maria
AU - Hegaard, Hanne Kristine
PY - 2017/3
Y1 - 2017/3
N2 - Objective: The study aimed to explore women's experiences of the rebozo technique during labour.Methods:This was a qualitative study based on individual telephone interviews, analysed by means of qualitative content analysis and inspired by interpretive description. 17 participants were recruited from two different-sized Danish hospitals and identified by applying a purposeful sample strategy.Results:The main theme expressed the women's overall experience with the rebozo: “Joined movements in a harmless effort towards a natural birth”. The women experienced that the technique created bodily sensations, which reduced their pain, and furthermore they expressed that it interrelated the labour process and produced mutual involvement and psychological support from the midwife and the women's partner. The rebozo technique was in most situations carried out because the midwife suspected a foetus malposition.Conclusion:The experiences of the rebozo technique were overall positive and both of a physical and psychological nature. The results indicate that health professionals should view rebozo as an easy accessible clinical tool with high user acceptance and possible positive psychological and clinical implications. The study contributes with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of a topic where only limited knowledge exists, however, efficacy studies are warranted.
AB - Objective: The study aimed to explore women's experiences of the rebozo technique during labour.Methods:This was a qualitative study based on individual telephone interviews, analysed by means of qualitative content analysis and inspired by interpretive description. 17 participants were recruited from two different-sized Danish hospitals and identified by applying a purposeful sample strategy.Results:The main theme expressed the women's overall experience with the rebozo: “Joined movements in a harmless effort towards a natural birth”. The women experienced that the technique created bodily sensations, which reduced their pain, and furthermore they expressed that it interrelated the labour process and produced mutual involvement and psychological support from the midwife and the women's partner. The rebozo technique was in most situations carried out because the midwife suspected a foetus malposition.Conclusion:The experiences of the rebozo technique were overall positive and both of a physical and psychological nature. The results indicate that health professionals should view rebozo as an easy accessible clinical tool with high user acceptance and possible positive psychological and clinical implications. The study contributes with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of a topic where only limited knowledge exists, however, efficacy studies are warranted.
KW - Rebozo
KW - Childbirth
KW - Qualitative
KW - Nonpharmacological
KW - Midwife
KW - Pain management
U2 - 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.10.005
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28159133
VL - 11
SP - 79
EP - 85
JO - Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare
JF - Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare
SN - 1877-5756
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ID: 174726607