Mothers' Experience of Category 1 Cesarean Section

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of this qualitative prospective study is to investigate how mothers experience a category 1 cesarean section in a hospital where the partner is present in the operation room during the entire process (induction of general anestesia, cesarean section, possible resuscitation of newborn). Mothers will be included in the study, if they wish to participate, on day 1 or 2 following the cesarean section and a brief, structured interview will be held concerning her experience of the cesarean section. Clinical baseline data regarding the mother, the cesarean section and the infant will be collected from patients files. Mothers will be contacted again three months after the cesarean section, and a semi-structured interview will be held via telephone. At the end of the interview a screening for posttraumatic stress will be performed, using the PTSD-8 tool. The interviews will be recorded and transscribed verbatim. Content of interviews will be analysed using manifest content analysis. NVivo software will be used for coding interviews.

Official Title
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Mothers' Experience of Category 1 Cesarean Section - in a Hospital Where the Partner is Present in the Operating Room. A Qualitative Study.

Conditions
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Cesarean Section Complications

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Partner present in the operation room


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Mothers who had a category 1 cesarean section in Kolding Hospital, Denmark during a 1-year period Exclusion Criteria: Not speaking/understanding Danish

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Behavioral: Partner present in the operation room|The partner (father, co-mother or other close relative present for the birth) is present in the operation room during the entire category 1 cesarean section. This is standard clinical practice in this particular hospital since June 2021.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mothers' experience of the category 1 cesarean section | Qualitative analysis of data regarding mothers' experience of a category 1 cesarean section in a hospital where the partner is present in the operation room. Semi-structured interviews will be held, recorded digitally and transscribed. Content will be analysed qualitatively using manifest content analysis, and major themes as well as sub-themes will be identified, describing mothers' experience with the category 1 cesarean section. | Three months after the cesarean section | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PTSD | Occurence of posttraumatic stress as evaluated using the PTSD-8 tool (in Danish) | Three months after the cesarean section |