Care Satisfaction and Symptoms of Depression Following Childbirth
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Care Satisfaction and Symptoms of Depression Following Childbirth: A Mixed Methods Approach
IRAS ID
292163
Contact name
Louise Warwick-Booth
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Leeds Beckett University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 7 months, 29 days
Research summary
Why is the research needed?
•To produce up to date knowledge in an under researched area.
•OASI cannot usually be prevented, therefore insights into experiences of care may help to improve patient experiences.
•Previous research was predominantly qualitative. This study will provide mixed methods insights.
•To investigate the potential relationship between the themes identified in previous literature, namely relating to care satisfaction and depression.1. Investigate a new question, of whether there is a predictive relationship between care satisfaction and levels of depression.
2. Does this vary between various birth experiences?
3.If so, what extent does care satisfaction moderate the influence of symptom severity (tear-type/third- and fourth- degree) on scores of depression? This research question was derived from the information provided by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), that only third- and fourth- degree tears appear to be related to ongoing physical and mental health issues and first- and second- degree tears do not tend to have any long term problems (RCOG, 2020; RCOG, 2014).
4.How do women make meaning out of their experience of care and support received following an OASI and how do they interpret their experiences?
The potential benefits of the research are that it will provide up to date feedback of women’s interpretations of care aswell as assessing the relationship between care satisfaction and depression, quantitatively.
Participants will be recruited from patient medical records, by professionals involved in the patients care team at two of the researchers local hospital maternity units (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and St James University Hospital, Leeds).
Women will complete an online questionnaire, with items relating to care satisfaction during childbirth and items relating to depression. Participants will be asked if they would like to register their interest for a follow-up interview, with questions about thirteen dimensions of care from the care satisfaction scale.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/YH/0030
Date of REC Opinion
5 Feb 2021
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion