Sökning: "perinatal distress"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden perinatal distress.
1. Effects of perinatal distress, satisfaction in partner relationship and social support on pregnancy and outcome of childbirth
Sammanfattning : Aim: The aim of this thesis was to achieve a deeper understanding of the situation among women experiencing perinatal distress during pregnancy and childbirth and the effects that dissatisfaction in partner relationship and weak social support from family and friends could have on pregnancy and childbirth.Methods: Following screening for perinatal distress, 562 expecting mothers came for a semi-structured interview. LÄS MER
2. Emotional distress and depressive mood in pregnant and new mothers : women’s and men’s perceptions of parenthood during the first year after childbirth
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to study the prevalence of maternal emotional distress and depressive mood in pregnant and new mothers and the consequences for women’s and men’s perceptions of the unborn and newborn infant, parenthood and everyday life during the first year after childbirth. Method: Project A. LÄS MER
3. Ultrasound as predictor of perinatal outcome
Sammanfattning : The aim of the work described in this thesis was to evaluate the value of ultrasound examinations of the amniotic fluid, umbilical cord and blood flow velocity waveform of the fetal and placental vessels as predictors of the perinatal outcome. In the first study, the amniotic fluid index (AFI) measured on admission to the labour ward was evaluated in low-risk pregnancies. LÄS MER
4. Improving the quality of caesarean section in a low-resource setting : An intervention by criteria-based audit at a tertiary hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sammanfattning : A sharp increase in caesarean section (CS) rates at the Muhimbili National Referral Hospital (MNH) – a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania – by 50% in 2000–2011, was associated with concomitant increase in maternal complications and deaths and inconsistent improvement in newborn outcomes. The aims of this thesis were to explore care providers’ in-depth perspective of the reasons for these high rates of CS, and to evaluate and improve standards of care for the most common indica-tions of CS, obstructed labour and fetal distress, which are also major causes of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. LÄS MER
5. Pulmonary disease in infancy, perinatal inflammatory risk factors and prophylaxis
Sammanfattning : Objective: In the last decades the survival rate of preterm infants has increased substantially.1-3 Despite improved intensive neonatal care the incidence of chronic lung disease in infants born preterm has not changed. LÄS MER