How to Improve the Care of Women after Childbirth in the Rooming-in Unit: A Prospective Observational Study

Anna Prokopowicz (), Bartłomiej Stańczykiewicz, Izabella Uchmanowicz and Mariusz Zimmer
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Anna Prokopowicz: Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
Bartłomiej Stańczykiewicz: Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
Izabella Uchmanowicz: Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
Mariusz Zimmer: 2nd Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-10

Abstract: Rooming-in is the WHO-recommended care system for mothers in the puerperium and their babies. This system allows the newborn to stay with the mother in the same room, 24 h a day. We aimed to investigate the need to entrust a newborn (NEN) in the care of maternity rooming-in staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its relationship to pain, anxiety, and blood loss after delivery. A prospective study of 200 adult women in the maternity ward operating in the rooming-in system focussed on NEN in the care of maternity rooming-in staff on the first (T1) and the second day of puerperium (T2). Women who declared having NEN were compared with women without NEN for anxiety, pain, and a drop in haemoglobin in the blood after delivery. In T1, 34% and in T2, 27% of women felt NEN in the care of maternity rooming-in staff. The NEN of women after a cesarean section was higher on both days than the NEN of women after vaginal delivery. Women with NEN had higher levels of pain, state anxiety, and higher levels of postpartum anxiety than women without NEN. Further research should be warranted to investigate whether women who give birth in hospitals that satisfy the NEN in the care of maternity rooming-in staff in their rooming-in units experience less pain and anxiety in comparison to those who give birth in hospital units without such a possibility and whether this factor is an important element in reducing anxiety and pain during puerperium.

Keywords: anxiety; pain; rooming-in; patient-oriented outcomes; newborn; maternity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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