TY - JOUR
AU1 - Maputle, Maria
AB - Background: Physical presence during labour offer women opportunity of having positive childbirth experiences as well as childbirth outcomes. The study aimed to determine what support provided by midwives during intrapartum care at a public hospital in Limpopo Province. The study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Limpopo Province. Methods: A participant observation approach was used to achieve the objectives of the study. The population comprised of all women who were admitted with labour and for delivery and midwives who were providing midwifery care in the obstetric unit of a tertiary public hospital in Limpopo Province. Non-probability, purposive and convenience sampling were used to sample 24 women and 12 midwives. Data were collected through participant observations which included unstructured conversations with the use of observational guide, field notes of all events and conversations that occurred when women interact with midwives were recorded verbatim and a Visual Analog Scale to complement the observations. Data were analysed qualitatively but were presented in the tables and bar graphs. Results: Five themes emerged as support provided by midwives during labour, namely; communication between women and midwives, informational support, emotional support activities, interpretation of the experienced labour pain and supportive care activities during labour. 
TI - Support provided by midwives to women during labour in a public hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa: a participant observation study
JF - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
DO - 10.1186/s12884-018-1860-8
DA - 2018-06-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/support-provided-by-midwives-to-women-during-labour-in-a-public-4t8I1sJUZe
SP - 1
EP - 11
VL - 18
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -