Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience from the perspective of women. Methods: this sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was conducted with postpartum women in a teaching maternity hospital. The firs...
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| author | Luciana Braz de Oliveira Paes Natália Rejane Salim Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Toso Jamile Claro de Castro Bussadori Monika Wernet Aline Oliveira Silveira Mariana Torreglosa Ruiz Márcia Regina Cangiani Fabbro |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience from the perspective of women. Methods: this sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was conducted with postpartum women in a teaching maternity hospital. The first phase (quantitative) involved a descriptive analysis of 265 responses from the Mother-Baby Friendly Birthing Facilities Thermometer. In the second phase (qualitative), 44 interviews were conducted with postpartum women. Descriptive and content analysis, using a thematic approach, was applied. Results: data analysis and integration identified limitations in information transmission, a lack of understanding, and restricted autonomy in decision-making processes. Information was conveyed by the healthcare team in an authoritative manner. However, discharge instructions were well understood. Conclusions: communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience is shaped by power dynamics, underscoring the need to reconsider communication as an essential component of maternal care. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5d234f25d2741c18c20b6ca4761146e2025-08-20T03:41:52ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462025-08-0178310.1590/0034-7167-2024-0341Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods studyLuciana Braz de Oliveira Paeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9077-9094Natália Rejane Salimhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7744-8274Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Tosohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7366-077XJamile Claro de Castro Bussadorihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3048-5593Monika Wernethttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-3261Aline Oliveira Silveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4470-7529Mariana Torreglosa Ruizhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-7328Márcia Regina Cangiani Fabbrohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-8818ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience from the perspective of women. Methods: this sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was conducted with postpartum women in a teaching maternity hospital. The first phase (quantitative) involved a descriptive analysis of 265 responses from the Mother-Baby Friendly Birthing Facilities Thermometer. In the second phase (qualitative), 44 interviews were conducted with postpartum women. Descriptive and content analysis, using a thematic approach, was applied. Results: data analysis and integration identified limitations in information transmission, a lack of understanding, and restricted autonomy in decision-making processes. Information was conveyed by the healthcare team in an authoritative manner. However, discharge instructions were well understood. Conclusions: communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience is shaped by power dynamics, underscoring the need to reconsider communication as an essential component of maternal care.http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672025000300172&lng=en&tlng=enParturitionCommunicationPostpartum PeriodWomenPersonal Autonomy. |
| spellingShingle | Luciana Braz de Oliveira Paes Natália Rejane Salim Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Toso Jamile Claro de Castro Bussadori Monika Wernet Aline Oliveira Silveira Mariana Torreglosa Ruiz Márcia Regina Cangiani Fabbro Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Parturition Communication Postpartum Period Women Personal Autonomy. |
| title | Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study |
| title_full | Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study |
| title_fullStr | Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study |
| title_short | Communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study |
| title_sort | communication between healthcare professionals and parturients during the childbirth experience a mixed methods study |
| topic | Parturition Communication Postpartum Period Women Personal Autonomy. |
| url | http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672025000300172&lng=en&tlng=en |
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