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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Experiences of Impacted Foetal Head: Findings from a Pragmatic Focus Group Study of Mothers and Midwives.

Annette L Briley, Sergio A Silverio, Andrew H Shennan, Graham Tydeman

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Annette L BrileyCaring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia.
Sergio A SilverioDepartment of Women & Children's Health, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7177-3471
Andrew H ShennanDepartment of Women & Children's Health, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
Graham TydemanMaternity Services, Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife, Kirkcaldy KY2 5AH, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe aimed to explore the lived experiences of caesarean birth complicated by impaction of the foetal head, for mothers and midwives.

methodsA pragmatic, qualitative, focus group study of mixed-participants was conducted, face-to-face. They were postpartum women (n = 4), midwives (n = 4), and a postpartum midwife (n = 1) who had experience of either providing care for impacted foetal head, and/or had experienced it during their own labour, in Fife, United Kingdom. Data were transcribed and were analysed using template analysis.

resultsThree main themes emerged through analysis: (i) current knowledge of impacted foetal head; (ii) current management of impacted foetal head; and (iii) experiences and outcomes of impacted foetal head. Each theme was made up of various initial codes when data were analysed inductively. Finally, each theme could be overlaid onto the three core principles of the Tydeman Tube: (1) to improve outcomes for mother and baby in the second stage of labour; (2) to reduce the risk of trauma to mother and baby in complicated births; and (3) to increase respectful care for women in labour; thus allowing for a neat analytic template.

conclusionA lack of consensus regarding definition, management, and training were highlighted by the midwives. Women anticipated caesarean birth in late labour as straightforward and were therefore unaware of this potential complication. Women and midwives would welcome any new device to facilitate delivery of the impacted foetal head (IFH) as long as it is fully evaluated prior to widespread introduction. Women were not averse to being part of this evaluation process.

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Labor, ObstetricMidwiferyFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMothersParturitionPregnancybirthcomplications in birthcomplications of labourimpacted foetal headlabourmaternity caremidwivesqualitative research

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PMID37947566
PMCPMC10647298

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