TY - JOUR
T1 - The experience of giving birth in a hospital in Spain: Humanization versus technification
AU - Esteban-Sepúlveda, Silvia
AU - Andreica, Ligia Emanuela
AU - Ordobas-Pages, Laura
AU - Fabregas-Mitjans, Montserrat
AU - Leyva-Moral, Juan Manuel
AU - Tutusaus-Arderiu, Ana
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Aim: To explore and describe the experiences of women giving birth in a tertiary public hospital, with special focus on experiences related to humanized care and women's participation in decision making. Method: This is a qualitative phenomenological study through semi-structured interviews to postpartum women giving birth in a tertiary hospital between January and May 2017. Data were analysed through content analysis. Results: The two overarching themes emerged were the professional-information dyad and privacy. Subthemes of the first main theme were the therapeutic relationship, decision-making, feeding the baby, procedures, and the time factor. Subthemes of the second topic were the feelings generated by the hospital environment, the delivery room, and the maternity ward. Conclusions: If the therapeutic relationship is good, technology is not seen as dehumanising but rather as necessary to ensure continuing safety. “Humanising” material resources are not a priority for women in the birth process and are little used. Privacy was experienced as being a particularly intense need, which women called for throughout the healthcare process.
AB - Aim: To explore and describe the experiences of women giving birth in a tertiary public hospital, with special focus on experiences related to humanized care and women's participation in decision making. Method: This is a qualitative phenomenological study through semi-structured interviews to postpartum women giving birth in a tertiary hospital between January and May 2017. Data were analysed through content analysis. Results: The two overarching themes emerged were the professional-information dyad and privacy. Subthemes of the first main theme were the therapeutic relationship, decision-making, feeding the baby, procedures, and the time factor. Subthemes of the second topic were the feelings generated by the hospital environment, the delivery room, and the maternity ward. Conclusions: If the therapeutic relationship is good, technology is not seen as dehumanising but rather as necessary to ensure continuing safety. “Humanising” material resources are not a priority for women in the birth process and are little used. Privacy was experienced as being a particularly intense need, which women called for throughout the healthcare process.
KW - Parturition
KW - Humanizing delivery
KW - Decision making
KW - Quality of health care
KW - Birth setting
KW - Humanization of assistance
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UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcli.2021.10.014
U2 - 10.1016/j.enfcli.2021.10.014
DO - 10.1016/j.enfcli.2021.10.014
M3 - Article
SN - 1130-8621
VL - 32
SP - S14-S22
JO - Enfermería Clínica
JF - Enfermería Clínica
ER -