The relationship between midwife-led group-based versus conventional antenatal care and mode of birth: a matched cohort study

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• 作者：Lauren Kearney ; Mary Kynn ; Alison Craswell ; Rachel Reed
• 关键词：Midwifery ; Antenatal education ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal care ; Caesarean section ; Caesarean birth
• 刊名：BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：385KB
• 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Maternal and Child Health; Gynecology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2393
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundMidwife facilitated, group models of antenatal care have emerged as an alternative to conventional care both within Australia and internationally. Group antenatal care can be offered in a number of different ways, however usually constitutes a series of sessions co-ordinated by a midwife combining physical assessment, antenatal education and peer support in a group setting. Midwife-led group antenatal care is viewed positively by expectant mothers, with no associated adverse outcomes identified in the published literature for women or their babies when compared with conventional care. Evidence of an improvement in outcomes is limited. The aim of this study was to compare mode of birth (any vaginal birth with caesarean birth) between pregnant women accessing midwife-led group antenatal care and conventional individual antenatal care, in Queensland, Australia.