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Effects of Birthing Room Design on Maternal and Neonate Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implementing a new birthing room design: a qualitative study with a care provider perspective.BMC health services research · 2023Trial
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- Listening to the voices of healthcare providers involved in the design of a new birthing room: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Perinatal bereavement rooms: a narrative review of physical space in perinatal grief.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Review
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- The depth structure of a good birth: reconfiguring the environment in a high-risk labour ward birth and creating sanctuary behind a screen.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Sacred space: a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of women's experiences of supportive birthing environments.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- [Impact of hospital architecture on the birthing experience: a phenomenological study with mothers-to-be who are design experts].Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2024Article
- Exploring the Role of Birth Environment on Italian Mothers' Emotional Experience during Childbirth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- The concept, importance and values of support during childbearing and breastfeeding - A discourse paper.Nursing open · 2022Article
- Hospital Childbirth: Perspectives of Women and Professionals for a Positive Experience-A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimTo summarize, categorize, and describe published research on how birthing room design influences maternal and neonate physical and emotional outcomes.
backgroundThe physical healthcare environment has significant effects on health and well-being. Research indicates that birthing environments can impact women during labor and birth. However, summaries of the effects of different environments around birth are scarce.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review, searching 10 databases in 2016 and 2017 for published research from their inception dates, on how birthing room design influences maternal and neonate physical and emotional outcomes, using a protocol agreed a priori. The quality of selected studies was assessed, and data were extracted independently by pairs of authors and described in a narrative analysis.
resultsIn total, 3,373 records were identified and screened by title and abstract; 2,063 were excluded and the full text of 278 assessed for analysis. Another 241 were excluded, leaving 15 articles presenting qualitative and quantitative data from six different countries on four continents. The results of the analysis reveal four prominent physical themes in birthing rooms that positively influence on maternal and neonate physical and emotional outcomes: (1) means of distraction, comfort, and relaxation; (2) raising the birthing room temperature; (3) features of familiarity; and (4) diminishing a technocratic environment.
conclusionsThe evidence on how birthing environments affect outcomes of labor and birth is incomplete. There is a crucial need for more research in this field.
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