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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
22
The partner (father, co-mother or other close relative present for the birth) is present in the operation room during the entire category 1 cesarean section. This is standard clinical practice in this particular hospital since June 2021.
Lillebaelt Hospital, Kolding
Kolding, Denmark
Mothers' experience of the category 1 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.
Time frame: Three months after the cesarean section
PTSD
Occurence of posttraumatic stress as evaluated using the PTSD-8 tool (in Danish)
Time frame: Three months after the cesarean section
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