ArticleArchives of women's mental health2017
Preventing traumatic childbirth experiences: 2192 women's perceptions and views.
Article in Archives of women's mental health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07189767 (The Effect of a Psychoeducation Program Applied to Pregnant Women With Traumatic Birth Perception on Maternal Attachment, Breastfeeding, and Postpartum Depression Levels), which is not on this map. Cited by 81 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of a Psychoeducation Program Applied to Pregnant Women With Traumatic Birth Perception on Maternal Attachment, Breastfeeding, and Postpartum Depression Levels
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81 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 250 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of birth trauma in the Middle East.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Women's experiences of fear of childbirth: a metasynthesis of qualitative studies.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2020Pooled it
- Predictors of labor pain management among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Visual Biofeedback (VB) through Trans-Perineal Ultrasound (TPU) during the active second stage of labor to improve maternal childbirth satisfaction: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Trial
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- Effective Communication Supported by an App for Pregnant Women: Quantitative Longitudinal Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Trial
- Fear of childbirth, nonurgent obstetric interventions, and newborn outcomes: A randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting with enhanced care as usual.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2022Trial
- Mindful awareness as a mechanism of change for natural childbirth in pregnant women with high fear of childbirth: a randomised controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Trial
- Women's childbirth experiences in the Swedish Post-term Induction Study (SWEPIS): a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial.BMJ open · 2021Trial
- Displacement and associated factors of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder among Ukrainian perinatal women.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Observational
- Key factors associated with the development of childbirth-related acute and posttraumatic stress symptoms: a prospective cohort study on the role of pain-related constructs.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Comparing Patient to Provider Perceptions of Birth Trauma: What are We Missing?Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- The relationship between pregnant women's perception of traumatic birth and their vaginal birth self-efficacy: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Virtual link between mothers and infants to improve maternal c-section experience: a non-randomized controlled pilot trial.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The psychological impact of childbirth: Unscheduled cesarean delivery associates with increased risk for acute stress response.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Women's experiences of communication with medical staff before and after emergency caesarean birth in Zambia: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2026Article
- "I Wondered if I Would Live or Not": A Qualitative Study of Women's Experiences of Traumatic Childbirth.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Trauma-sensitive obstetrics: Potential for optimization from the providers' perspectives.European journal of midwifery · 2026Article
- When the hospital becomes an option again: a qualitative analysis of women's and their partners' experiences with a designated clinic for women who request different care than recommended in the guidelines.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- A Group-Based Telehealth Intervention for Birth Trauma: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility and Waitlist Control Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore and quantify perceptions and experiences of women with a traumatic childbirth experience in order to identify areas for prevention and to help midwives and obstetricians improve woman-centered care. A retrospective survey was conducted online among 2192 women with a self-reported traumatic childbirth experience. Women were recruited in March 2016 through social media, including specific parent support groups. They filled out a 35-item questionnaire of which the most important items were (1) self-reported attributions of the trauma and how they believe the traumatic experience could have been prevented (2) by the caregivers or (3) by themselves. The responses most frequently given were (1) Lack and/or loss of control (54.6%), Fear for baby's health/life (49.9%), and High intensity of pain/physical discomfort (47.4%); (2) Communicate/explain (39.1%), Listen to me (more) (36.9%), and Support me (more/better) emotionally/practically (29.8%); and (3) Nothing (37.0%), Ask for (26.9%), or Refuse (16.5%) certain interventions. Primiparous participants chose High intensity of pain/physical discomfort, Long duration of delivery, and Discrepancy between expectations and reality more often and Fear for own health/life, A bad outcome, and Delivery went too fast less often than multiparous participants. Women attribute their traumatic childbirth experience primarily to lack and/or loss of control, issues of communication, and practical/emotional support. They believe that in many cases, their trauma could have been reduced or prevented by better communication and support by their caregiver or if they themselves had asked for or refused interventions.
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