Experiences of childbirth care in Lithuania and Romania: Insights from the European Babies Born Better survey-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Experiences of childbirth care in Lithuania and Romania: Insights from the European Babies Born Better survey

Published:2023-10-05 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0730-7659
Container-title:Birth
language:en
Short-container-title:Birth

Author:

Širvinskienė Giedrė¹²^ORCID,Forray Alina Ioana³⁴⁵,König‐Bachmann Martina⁶,Blaga Oana Maria³⁴,Grincevičienė Švitrigailė⁷,Luegmair Karolina⁶⁸,Pranskevičiūtė‐Amoson Rasa⁹,Zenzmaier Christoph⁶

Affiliation:

1. Department of Health Psychology Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania

2. Health Research Institute Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania

3. Department of Public Health, College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences Babes‐Bolyai University Cluj‐Napoca Romania

4. Center for Health Policy and Public Health, College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences Babes‐Bolyai University Cluj‐Napoca Romania

5. Department of Community Medicine Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj‐Napoca Romania

6. Midwifery Department Health University of Applied Sciences Tyrol Innsbruck Austria

7. Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Centre, Vilnius University Vilnius Lithuania

8. KSH Munich University of Applied Sciences Munich Germany

9. Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies Vilnius University Vilnius Lithuania

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundData on experience and satisfaction of users are essential for improvement of health care, especially in the field of childbirth. The aim of this study was to compare childbirth care experiences in Lithuania and Romania.MethodsData derived from the EU Babies Born Better online survey were analyzed. Parturients from Lithuania (N = 373) and Romania (N = 359) who had given birth within the last 5 years were included. Participants were asked to (1) describe the best things in childbirth care and (2) suggest changes in the care received at their birthplace. Qualitative data were analyzed using a previously developed deductive coding framework.ResultsIn agreement with previous findings from Austria, positive experiences mainly addressed care experienced at an individual level (in particular healthcare practitioners’ competence and personality traits) and suggested changes mainly addressed services at birthplace (issues related to infrastructure, information and counseling, and empowerment). Responses not initially included in the coding framework addressed aspects such as informal payment (in both countries), desire for home birth (particularly in Lithuania), or mistreatment of parturients (particularly in Romania).ConclusionsWe conclude that similar trends in childbirth care exist in Lithuania and Romania with regard to parturients' personal experiences and psychosocial needs and that addressing the needs of parturients is important for improving service provision.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/birt.12771

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