Pregnancy related risk perception in pregnant women, midwives & doctors: a cross-sectional survey
| Autor: | Rebecca Webb, Susan Ayers, Des Holden, Suzanne Lee |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Domestic Violence medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Attitude of Health Personnel Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Reproductive medicine Midwifery lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics Severity of Illness Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Physicians Perception Humans Medicine Childbirth Shoulder Dystocia lcsh:RG1-991 media_common 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine 030504 nursing business.industry Postpartum Hemorrhage Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease Obstetrics Pregnancy Complications Risk perception Cross-Sectional Studies England Premature birth Pregnancy Trimester Second Family medicine Premature Birth Domestic violence Female Pregnant Women RG 0305 other medical science business Risk assessment Attitude to Health Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2393 |
| Popis: | Background Risk perception in relation to pregnancy and birth is a complex process influenced by multiple personal, psychological and societal factors. Traditionally, the risk perception of healthcare professionals has been presented as more objective and authoritative than that of pregnant women. Doctors have been presented as more concerned with biomedical risk than midwives. Such dichotomies oversimplify and obscure the complexity of the process. This study examines pregnancy-related risk perception in women and healthcare professionals, and what women and professionals believe about each other’s risk perception. Methods A cross sectional survey of set in UK maternity services. Participants were doctors working in obstetrics (N = 53), midwives (N = 59), pregnant women (N = 68). Participants were recruited in person from two hospitals. Doctors were also recruited online. Participants completed a questionnaire measuring the degree of perceived risk in various childbirth-related scenarios; and the extent to which they believed others agreed with them about the degree of risk generally involved in childbirth. Main outcome measures were the degree of risk perceived to the mother in baby in pregnancy scenarios, and beliefs about own perception of risk in comparison to their own group and other groups. Results There were significant differences in total risk scores between pregnant women, doctors and midwives in perception of risk to the mother in 68/80 scenarios. Doctors most frequently rated risks lowest. Total scores for perceived risk to the baby were not significantly different. There was substantial variation within each group. There was more agreement on the ranking of scenarios according to risk. Each group believed doctors perceived most risk whereas actually doctors most frequently rated risks lowest. Each group incorrectly believed their peers rated risk similarly to themselves. Conclusions Individuals cannot assume others share their perception of risk or that they make correct assessments regarding others’ risk perception. Further research should consider what factors are taken into account when making risk assessments |
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