ArticleThe Journal of perinatal education2010
Spirituality in childbearing women.
Article in The Journal of perinatal education, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Muslim women's experiences of maternity services in the UK: qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Pooled it
- Faith and Motherhood: Understanding Cultural Practices in Pregnancy and Childbirth Among Kashmiri Women.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Is Fear of Childbirth Among Iranian Pregnant Women Related to Spiritual Health? A Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Pregnant Turkish Muslim Women's Perspectives and Experiences on Religion and Spirituality during Pregnancy.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- The Involvement of Religious Leaders in Supporting Institutional Childbirth in Rural Jimma Zone, Oromia, Southwest Ethiopia: An exploratory Qualitative Study.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Spiritual Experiences of Portuguese Women Who had a Water Birth.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Midwives' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Aydın, Turkey.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Why do pregnant women with fear of birth prefer vaginal birth? A qualitative study in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Iranian women's perception on the determinants of birth experience: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- The Intersect of Pregnancy Loss, Trauma, and Spirituality: A Dyadic Perspective.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Relationship between Religious Coping, Pain Severity, and Childbirth Self-Efficacy in Iranian Primipara Women.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2022Article
- Health promotion behaviours of pregnant women and spiritual well-being: Mediatory role of pregnancy stress, anxiety and coping ways.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Religiosity/Spirituality and Mental Health and Quality of Life of Early Pregnant Women.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- How Giving Birth Makes Sense: A Questionnaire Study on Existential Meaning-Making Among Mothers Giving Birth Preterm or at Term.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Relationship Between Fear of Childbirth and Psychological and Spiritual Well-Being in Pregnant Women.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Spiritual Intelligence and Post-abortion Depression: A Coping Strategy.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- A qualitative study of healthcare professionals' experiences of providing maternity care for Muslim women in the UK.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Review
- The Correlation between Spiritual Health and Maternal-Fetal Attachment Behaviors in Pregnant Women Referring to the Health Centers in Qazvin, Iran.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2020Article
- Spiritual Health and Physical Activity Among Iranian Pregnant Women.Journal of religion and health · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Childbearing is the ideal context within which to enrich spirituality. The purpose of this study was to generate themes regarding spirituality and religiosity among culturally diverse childbearing women. A secondary analysis was performed, using existing narrative data from cross-cultural studies of childbearing women. The following themes emerged from the data: childbirth as a time to grow closer to God, the use of religious beliefs and rituals as powerful coping mechanisms, childbirth as a time to make religiosity more meaningful, the significance of a Higher Power in influencing birth outcomes, and childbirth as a spiritually transforming experience. In clinical settings, understanding the spiritual dimensions of childbirth is essential. Assessments of childbearing women may include the question, "Do you have any spiritual beliefs that will help us better care for you?"
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.