ArticleEvolution, medicine, and public health2023
Emotional factors, medical interventions and mode of birth among low-risk primiparous women in Poland.
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- Low-risk Cesareans Across the US: A Decomposition of Individual- and County-level Factors by Race/Ethnicity.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Evolutionary mismatch in emotional support during childbirth: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2024Article
- The role of social support in shaping maternal experiences during the postpartum hospital stay: A qualitative study.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Background and objectives: Birth is a critical event in women's lives. Since humans have evolved to give birth in the context of social support, not having it in modern settings might lead to more complications during birth. Our aim was to model how emotional factors and medical interventions related to birth outcomes in hospital settings in Poland, where c-section rates have doubled in the last decade. Methodology: We analysed data from 2363 low-risk primiparous women who went into labor with the intention of giving birth vaginally. We used a model comparison approach to examine the relationship between emotional and medical variables and birth outcome (vaginal or c-section), including sociodemographic control variables in all models. Results: A model with emotional factors better explained the data than a control model (Δ Conclusions and implications: Continuous personal support during childbirth may be an evolutionarily informed strategy for reducing complications, including one of the most common obstetrical complications in modern hospital settings, the c-section.
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