• Exploring women’s self-reported health problems in pregnancy in the UK and Norway 

      Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Eri, Tine Schauer; Downe, Soo; Fredriksen, Eva Haukeland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-04)
      Women usually conceptualize pregnancy as a normal physiological state. In contrast, formal maternity care provision tends to be focused on pathology and risk. The authors aim to explore the extent to which childbearing ...
    • Giving birth and becoming a parent during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis of 806 women's responses to three open-ended questions in an online survey. 

      Eri, Tine Schauer; Blix, Ellen; Downe, Soo; Vedeler, Carina; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika (Midwifery;Volume 109, June 2022, 103321, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-26)
      Background: When Europe was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, changes were made in maternity care to reduce infections. In Norway, hospital maternity wards, postnatal wards, and neonatal units’ companions and visitors were ...
    • Intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring during labour: A systematic scoping review to identify methods, effects, and accuracy 

      Blix, Ellen; Maude, Robyn; Halsen, Elisabeth; Kisa, Sezer; Karlsen, Elisabeth; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard; de Jonge, Ank; Lindgren, Helena E; Downe, Soo; Reinar, Liv Merete Brynildsen; Foureur, Maralyn Jean; Pay, Aase Serine Devold; Kaasen, Anne (PLoS ONE;14 (7): e0219573, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-26)
      Background:Intermittent auscultation (IA) is the technique of listening to and counting the fetal heart rate (FHR) for short periods during active labour and continuous cardiotocography (CTC) implies FHR monitoring for ...
    • Intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring during labour: A systematic scoping review to identify methods, effects, and accuracy 

      Blix, Ellen; Maude, Robyn; Hals, Elisabeth; Kisa, Sezer; Karlsen, Elisabeth; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard; de Jonge, Ank; Lindgren, Helena E; Downe, Soo; Reinar, Liv Merete Brynildsen; Foureur, Maralyn; Pay, Aase Serine Devold; Kaasen, Anne (PLoS ONE;14 (7) :e0219573, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-10)
      Background: Intermittent auscultation (IA) is the technique of listening to and counting the fetal heart rate (FHR) for short periods during active labour and continuous cardiotocography (CTC) implies FHR monitoring for ...
    • Intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring during labour: A systematic scoping review to identify methods, effects, and accuracy 

      Blix, Ellen; Maude, Robyn; Hals, Elisabeth; Kisa, Sezer; Karlsen, Elisabeth; Aagaard Nohr, Ellen; de Jonge, Ank; Lindgren, Helena; Downe, Soo; Reinar, Liv Merete Brynildsen; Foureur, Maralyn; Pay, Aase Serine Devold; Kaasen, Anne (PLoS ONE;14 (7) :e0219573, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-26)
      Background: Intermittent auscultation (IA) is the technique of listening to and counting the fetal heart rate (FHR) for short periods during active labour and continuous cardiotocography (CTC) implies FHR monitoring for ...
    • Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth – a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin 

      Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin; Berg, Marie; Ekström, Anette; Buckley, Sarah; Downe, Soo; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Kielbratowska, Bogumila; Kotłowska, Alicja; Lengler, Luise; Leon-Larios, Fatima; Lindstrom, Bengt; Meier-Magistretti, Claudia; Pajalic, Zada; Dencker, Anna (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;19, Article number: 285 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-17)
      Background:Oxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce orspeed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levelsof ...
    • Protocol for the development of a salutogenic intrapartum core outcome set (SIPCOS) 

      Smith, Valerie; Daly, Deirdre; Lundgren, Ingela; Eri, Tine Schauer; Begley, Cecily; Gross, Mechthild M.; Downe, Soo; Alfirevic, Zarko; Devane, Declan (BMC Medical Research Methodology;Volume 17:61, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-19)
      Background: Maternity intrapartum care research and clinical care more often focus on outcomes that minimise or prevent adverse health rather than on what constitutes positive health and wellbeing (salutogenesis). This was ...
    • What women emphasise as important aspects of care in childbirth – an online survey 

      Vedeler, Carina; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Blix, Ellen; Downe, Soo; Eri, Tine Schauer (BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-17)
      Objective: To explore and describe what women who have given birth in Norway emphasise as important aspects of care during childbirth. Design: The study is based on data from the Babies Born Better online survey, version ...