Continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) increases women's satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: Results from the COSMOS randomised controlled trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Forster, Della A ^a,b   McLachlan, Helen L ^a   Davey, Mary Ann ^a   Biro, Mary Anne ^c   Farrell, Tanya ^b   Gold, Lisa ^d   Flood, Maggie ^a   Shafiei, Touran ^a   Waldenström, Ulla ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caseload midwifery; Continuity of care r; Experience; Randomised controlled trial; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; FOLLOW UP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VICTORIA;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84957110797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-0798-y     Document Type: Article

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