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Health services utilization of women following a traumatic birth

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

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health | Issue 6/2015

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.

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Title: Health services utilization of women following a traumatic birth
Authors: E. Turkstra
D. K. Creedy
J. Fenwick
A. Buist
P. A. Scuffham
J. Gamble
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-014-0495-7

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