dc.contributor.author | Huitfeldt, Anette | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Voldner, Nanna | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Blix, Ellen | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-21T13:15:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-21T13:15:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-08-28 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Huitfeldt, A. S., Voldner, N., & Blix, E. (2015). Outcomes of care at ‘Føderiket Midwifery Unit’2007–2011, a freestanding midwifery-led unit in Oslo, Norway: A prospective cohort study. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 36(1), 38-43. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2057-1585 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1292652 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3155 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to provide a description and evaluation of birth outcomes for women who started care at Føderiket
Midwifery Unit (FMU), a freestanding midwifery unit in Oslo. FMU opened in 2007 as a five-year project. It was closed in 2011
for economic reasons, and the planned evaluations were never performed. Data from 495 women who started care at FMU
were prospectively collected. Socio-demographic characteristics, transfers to hospital, maternal and neonatal outcomes were
described. The findings showed that 115 (23%) of the women were primiparous and 380 (77%) multiparous. A total of 408
women (82%) had no complications and no need for additional medical treatment during labour and birth. There were 73 (15%)
transfers before birth, and 14 (3%) after birth. Nine women (2%) were delivered by caesarean section and 19 (4%) by vacuum
extraction. Thirty women (6%) had postpartum haemorrhage >500 ml and five (1%) received blood transfusions. Five babies
(1%) were transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, all were discharged to their homes within a week. There were no
cases of deaths, or serious morbidity. Our conclusions are that the results after four years management were comparable to
other freestanding midwifery-led units in Western countries. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Nordic Journal of Nursing Research;36(1) | en_US |
dc.subject | freestanding midwifery unit | en_US |
dc.subject | intra-partum care | en_US |
dc.subject | midwifery care | en_US |
dc.subject | place of birth | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Sykepleievitenskap: 808 | en_US |
dc.title | Outcomes of care at "Føderiket Midwifery Unit" 2007-2011, a freestanding midwifery-led unit in Oslo. Norway: A prospective cohort study | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0107408315602641 | |