Women's preferences and received pain relief in childbirth – A prospective longitudinal study in a northern region of Sweden

Highlights • Women's preferences for pain relief are met to a large extent. • Preferences for pharmacological methods are met to a greater extent compared to non-pharmacological methods. • Preferences and primiparity are factors strongly associated with the use of certain pain relief methods. •...

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Published inSexual & reproductive healthcare Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 74 - 81
Main Authors Lindholm, Annika, Hildingsson, Ingegerd
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.06.2015
Subjects
Adult
Analgesia, Epidural
Baths
Birth experience
Delivery, Obstetric
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Labor Pain - therapy
Labor, Obstetric
Labour pain
Longitudinal Studies
Massage
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Nitrous Oxide - therapeutic use
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Odds Ratio
Pain management
Pain Management - methods
Parity
Parturition
Patient Preference
Preference
Pregnancy
Prospective Studies
Respiration
Sweden
Young Adult
Sweden
Pregnancy
Labour pain
Preference
Pain management
Birth experience
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Summary:Highlights • Women's preferences for pain relief are met to a large extent. • Preferences for pharmacological methods are met to a greater extent compared to non-pharmacological methods. • Preferences and primiparity are factors strongly associated with the use of certain pain relief methods. • Epidural is associated with a less positive birth experience, regardless of preference.
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ISSN:1877-5756
1877-5764
1877-5764
DOI:10.1016/j.srhc.2014.10.001