Individual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth : Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European region

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dc.contributor.authorIMAgiNE EURO study group
dc.contributor.authorMiani, Céline
dc.contributor.authorWandschneider, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorPumpure, Elizabete
dc.contributor.authorJakovicka, Dārta
dc.contributor.authorRezeberga, Dace
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
dc.contributor.institutionFaculty of Medicine
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-09T09:40:02Z
dc.date.available2023-01-09T09:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description© 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To investigate potential associations between individual and country-level factors and medicalization of birth in 15 European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Online anonymous survey of women who gave birth in 2020-2021. Multivariable multilevel logistic regression models estimating associations between indicators of medicalization (cesarean, instrumental vaginal birth [IVB], episiotomy, fundal pressure) and proxy variables related to care culture and contextual factors at the individual and country level. RESULTS: Among 27 173 women, 24.4% (n = 6650) had a cesarean and 8.8% (n = 2380) an IVB. Among women with IVB, 41.9% (n = 998) reported receiving fundal pressure. Among women with spontaneous vaginal births, 22.3% (n = 4048) had an episiotomy. Less respectful care, as perceived by the women, was associated with higher levels of medicalization. For example, women who reported having a cesarean, IVB, or episiotomy reported not feeling treated with dignity more frequently than women who did not have those interventions (odds ratio [OR] 1.37; OR 1.61; OR 1.51, respectively; all: P < 0.001). Country-level variables contributed to explaining some of the variance between countries. CONCLUSION: We recommend a greater emphasis in health policies on promotion of respectful and patient-centered care approaches to birth to enhance women's experiences of care, and the development of a European-level indicator to monitor medicalization of reproductive care.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationIMAgiNE EURO study group, Miani, C, Wandschneider, L, Pumpure, E, Jakovicka, D & Rezeberga, D 2022, 'Individual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth : Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European region', International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 159 , no. Suppl. 1, pp. 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.14459
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ijgo.14459
dc.identifier.issn0020-7292
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/10010
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www-webofscience-com.db.rsu.lv/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000905238400002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectCOVID-19/epidemiology
dc.subjectMedicalization
dc.subjectMultilevel Analysis
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectWorld Health Organization
dc.subject3.3 Health sciences
dc.subject3.2 Clinical medicine
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.titleIndividual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth : Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European regionen
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