ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2024
When midwives ask permission to discuss weight with pregnant women with high body weight: a qualitative study.
Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIn 2021, 15% of pregnant women in Denmark had a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 kg/m
methodsWe observed nine midwifery consultations and, by way of purposive sampling, interviewed six pregnant women with high body weight, while nine midwives participated in two focus group interviews. A hermeneutic-phenomenological approach by Max van Manen was applied for the analysis.
resultsWe identified three themes in this study. "Addressing weight triggers risk and ambivalence", which explores the lived experiences of pregnant women, their personal history with their body weight and midwives' hesitancy to initiate weight-related conversations with pregnant women who have a high body weight. "Asking for permission - for whose sake?" highlights the experiences of asking permission among midwives and that pregnant women with a high body weight did not perceive the question as an opportunity to decrease weight-related conversations. "Weight conversation - a cue to feel wrong and guilty or to feel recognised as an individual?" emphasising that trust and shared decision-making are crucial factors for a relevant weight-related conversation but also that the conversation might trigger feelings such as guilt and self-doubt.
conclusionPregnant women with high body weight had a long history with their body weight that affected all aspects of their lifeworld and influenced weight-related conversations in the midwifery consultation. Some midwives hesitated to address weight, but seeking permission eased this challenge. Despite the midwife asking for permission, some of the pregnant women felt uneasy during the conversation, leaving them with a feeling of self-doubt. Relevant conversations occurred when women engaged in decision-making and trusted the midwife.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.