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Anaemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in pregnant women in Ghana

This facility-based cross-sectional study extracted data from antenatal care registries at the Cape Coast Metropolitan Hospital in the Central Region of Ghana, analysing records for women from 1...

A qualitative study of research participation for parents from minority ethnic groups in the UK

The study aims and objectives were addressed using a qualitative approach. Selecting an appropriate qualitative approach was crucial, and this study required a pragmatic approach centred on the...

Traditional treatment for diastasis rectus abdominis in postpartum mothers: a phenomenological study

This qualitative study used a phenomenological approach to understand the subjective experiences of postpartum women who experience problems in the abdominal area, as well as those who used...

Impact of anaemia in pregnancy on maternal and fetal wellbeing in Oman: a retrospective study

This retrospective study reviewed pregnant women's medical records from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, selected by convenience sampling for its...

Epidural analgesia in labour and the risk of emergency caesarean: a retrospective observational study

This was a retrospective review of birth outcomes for 200 consecutive labours of women for whom the author provided any intrapartum care between 21 July 2020 and 24 June 2022. Intrapartum care was...

Local cultural perspectives of birth preparedness: a qualitative study in a rural subdistrict of Indonesia

This descriptive study used a qualitative approach to obtain rich, meaningful and detailed information about local cultural perspectives of birth preparedness in a rural subdistrict of East Java...

Molar pregnancy: a qualitative study of personal experiences and societal narratives of loss

As a result of initial parallels in bodily symptoms and signs, patients may respond to a molar pregnancy in similar ways to other forms of pregnancy loss, particularly where the pregnancy had been...

An evidence-based nipple care pathway for new breastfeeding mothers: a Delphi study

Figure 1 illustrates the nipple care pathway development process. A scoping review extracted recommended practices from selected databases. Flowcharts based on evidence and other recommendations...

Breast self-examination among community midwife and lady health visitor students in Pakistan

This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Horizon School of Nursing and Health Sciences in Karachi from December 2022–April 2023.

Maternal mental health and breastfeeding duration: the role of optimism and coping strategies

Participants were recruited using an existing database of 1505 individuals who had previously taken part in studies on breastfeeding carried out by the second author and colleagues (Keevash et al,...

Digital mentoring on expressing breast milk for working mothers

This quasi-experimental study was a randomised control group, using a pre-test, post-test design. The participants were women recruited while pregnant for the previous study, who had since given...

Measure to improve: a pilot study of Birthrate Plus in the Netherlands

Birthrate Plus has been validated as a patient acuity measurement tool in the UK (Royal College of Midwives, 2018). To assess its value in a different setting, and to measure staffing levels, a pilot...

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