The different statements were summarised in six categories: organisation and environment, staff attitudes and behaviour, breastfeeding support, information, the role of the father and attention to the mother. The women gave a diverse and detailed description of their experiences, for instance about lack of opportunity to rest and recover, difficulty in getting individualised information and breastfeeding support, and appropriate symptom management. Results Altogether 150 women gave negative comments about postpartum care, and this sample was largely representative of the total population-based cohort. Content analysis of their statements was performed. At the end of the two follow-up questionnaires, women were asked to add any comment they wished. Methods Data were taken from a population-based prospective longitudinal study of 2783 Swedish-speaking women surveyed at three time points: in early pregnancy, at two months, and at one year postpartum. Characteristics of the women who spontaneously gave negative comments about postpartum care were compared with those who did not. The principal aim of this study was to describe women's negative experiences of hospital postpartum care, expressed in their own words. The need to further explore what is wrong with postpartum care, in order to stimulate changes and improvements, has been stressed. (author)Ĭritical views on postpartum care expressed by new mothersĭirectory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)įull Text Available Abstract Background Women's evaluation of hospital postpartum care has consistently been more negative than their assessment of other types of maternity care.
Conclusions: Postpartum haemorrhage is still a leading but preventable cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in our country due to under utilization of health facilities, the major cause is uterine atony followed by perineal tears. The rest of the causes of PPH were retained placenta in 10% (n = 25), uterine rupture in 3.6% (n = 9) and uterine inversion in 1.6% (n = 4). Among patients who developed PPH, uterine atony was the most common cause 57.6% (n = 144), followed by genital tract teats which was 29.2% (n = 73).
The frequency of postpartum haemorrhage in booked women during antenatal period was recorded as 25.2% (n = 63) while 74.8% (n = 187) were not booked in any health facility. The gestation of 55.2% (n = 138) patients was between 37 - 40 weeks. Majority of the women 29.6% (n = 74) were between 26 - 30 years of age, mean and SD was 28.43 ± 4.76 years. Results: During the study period 1344 women delivered in unit I and 250 patients developed postpartum haemorrhage giving frequency of primary postpartum haemorrhage 18.60%. All the women having postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal delivery in the labour room or referred with primary postpartum haemorrhage were included in the study and were evaluated to see the frequency of postpartum haemorrhage as well as the causes of PPH in women being treated in a tertiary care unit. material and Methods: The study was conducted in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unit - 1, Lady Willingdon Hospital King Edward Medical University, Lahore from July 2013 to December 2013. Objective: To study the frequency of causes of primary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in women managed in a tertiary care Hospital. International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Forty-two percent of the women attended postpartum care within six weeks of delivery.įrequency of causes of primary postpartum haemorrhage in a tertiary care hospital We studied the postpartum care attendance rate in 540 women who delivered at a district hospital in Zambia. Textabstract Postpartum care is an important tool in both preventive and promotive maternal health care. Postpartum care attendance at a rural district hospital in Zambia
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