Health services utilization of women following a traumatic birth

E. Turkstra; D. K. Creedy; J. Fenwick; A. Buist; P. A. Scuffham; J. Gamble

doi:10.1007/s00737-014-0495-7

Health services utilization of women following a traumatic birth

E. Turkstra, D. K. Creedy, J. Fenwick, A. Buist, P. A. Scuffham, J. Gamble

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Abstract

This cohort study compared 262 women with high childbirth distress to 138 non-distressed women. At 12 months, high distress women had lower health-related quality of life compared to non-distressed women (EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) scale 0.90 vs. 0.93, p = 0.008), more visits to general practitioners (3.5 vs. 2.6, p = 0.002) and utilized more additional services (e.g. maternal health clinics), with no differences for infants. Childbirth distress has lasting adverse health effects for mothers and increases health-care utilization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	829-832
Number of pages	4
Journal	Archives of Women's Mental Health
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-014-0495-7
Publication status	Published - 11 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Childbirth trauma
Distress
Health-care utilization
Health-related quality of life
Mental health

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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