We Should Be Working Together, and It Felt like They Disrupted That”
Pregnant Women and Partners’ Experiences of Maternity Care in the First UK Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15465832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice Keely (University of Huddersfield, corresponding author), Mari Greenfield (0000-0002-3594-0399, King's College London), Zoë Darwin (0000-0001-8147-0669, University of Huddersfield) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 3382-3382 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20043382 |
| PMID | 36834076 |
| OpenAlex | W4320919987 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
Pregnant women were identified as being at elevated risk from COVID-19 early in the pandemic. Certain restrictions were placed upon birth partners accompanying their pregnant partner to in-person maternity consultations and for in-patient maternity care. In the absence of a central directive in England, the nature of restrictions varied across maternity services. Eleven participants (seven pregnant women and four partners), who were expectant parents during the first UK COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, took part in serial interviews in pregnancy and the postnatal period. Data were subject to a reflexive thematic analysis. Four main themes were identified, with sub-themes: uncertainty and anxiety (uncertainty and anxiety about COVID-19, uncertainty and anxiety about maternity services); disruption of partnering and parenting role; complexity around entering hospital spaces (hospitals offering protection while posing threat, individual health professionals in inflexible systems); and attempting to feel in control. Separating couples may result in disruption to their anticipated roles and significant distress to both partners, with potential impacts for mental health and future family relationships. Trauma-informed perspectives are relevant for understanding parents' experiences of maternity care in the pandemic and identifying ways to improve care to promote and protect the mental health of all parents
Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Distress · Health care · Maternity care · Mental health · Pandemic · Political science · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |