ArticleBirth (Berkeley, Calif.)2025
Midwifery Continuity of Care During Pregnancy, Birth, and the Postpartum Period: A Matched Cohort Study.
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- Implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of the continuous midwifery care model in socially vulnerable women: a convergent parallel mixed methods study protocol.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Trial
- Midwife-Led Home Births in Japan: A 25-Year Retrospective Analysis of Care in Accordance with WHO Recommendations Before and After COVID-19.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Quality of intrapartum care assessed by women with fear of birth who received care in a midwifery continuity model in a rural area of Sweden- a longitudinal cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
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- Caesarean section on maternal request - a qualitative study of stakeholders´ views.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Propensity Score Matching: Identifying Opportunities for Future Use in Nursing Studies.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Ninety-one years of midwifery continuity of care in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Women's Interest in Midwifery Continuity of Care During and After Pregnancy and Childbirth in Sweden: "As a Matter of Course".Journal of midwifery & women's healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare pregnancy outcomes in a midwifery continuity of care (MCoC) model to standard midwifery care in Sweden.
designMatched cohort study.
settingPublic healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth, Stockholm, Sweden. POPULATION: Women giving birth at Karolinska University Hospital site Huddinge in Stockholm between January 1, 2019, and August 31, 2021.
methodsData on all births including MCoC and standard care, during the time period, were retrieved from the national Swedish Pregnancy Register. Propensity score matching was applied to obtain a matched set from the standard care group for every woman in the MCoC model. Based on the matched cohort, we estimated risk ratios (RR) for binary outcomes with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
main outcome measuresInterventions during labor, mode of birth, and preterm birth (< 37 gestational weeks).
resultsCompared with standard care, women in the MCoC model were more likely to give birth spontaneously (RR 1.06 95% CI 1.02-1.10) and less likely to have an elective cesarean on maternal request (RR 0.24 95% CI 0.11-0.51). The risk of preterm birth was also reduced in the MCoC group (RR 0.51 95% CI 0.32-0.82).
conclusionThe MCoC model was associated with fewer medical interventions and improved pregnancy outcomes.
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