Trial reportHERD2023
Impact of Birthing Room Design on Maternal Childbirth Experience: Results From the Room4Birth Randomized Trial.
Trial report in HERD, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of midwifery students' continuity of care program on women's experiences of maternity care: A randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Implementing a new birthing room design: a qualitative study with a care provider perspective.BMC health services research · 2023Trial
- "Reviving neglected abilities: men's participation in making childbirth pleasant": a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- [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
- Overall childbirth experience: what does it mean? A comparison between an overall childbirth experience rating and the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire 2.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Exploring Intrapersonal and Extrapersonal Factors Influencing Iranian Women's Indescribable Pleasure: A Content Analysis Study.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
8 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveTo study the effect of the birthing room design on nulliparous women's childbirth experience up to 1 year after birth.
backgroundAlthough it is known that the birth environment can support or hinder birth processes, the impact of the birthing room design on maternal childbirth experience over time is insufficiently studied.
methodsThe Room4Birth randomized controlled trial was conducted at a labor ward in Sweden. Nulliparous women in active stage of spontaneous labor were randomized (
resultsWomen randomized to the new room had a more positive childbirth experience reported on the VAS-OCE 3 months (
conclusionsThese findings show that a birthing room offering more possibilities to change features and functions in the room according to personal needs and requirements, positively affects the childbirth experience of nulliparous women 3 and 12 months after they have given birth.
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