Kahraman İsbir 2023

• Paste quoted text from the Methods section of the article on the next line. Do not include quotation marks or a bullet mark:

Since every woman has different needs during labor, flexibility in durations and frequencies of the care practices was achieved and the women’s requests were taken into consideration instead of giving standardized care. In this study, the women in the intervention group were not provided with standard, identical care.

• Write your translation on the next line:

As the needs of women during labour vary greatly, the women in the group receiving the intervention were not given the exact same care. Instead, women’s specific requests for different types of support were considered and incorporated into birth care. The frequency and length of care practices depended on the needs of each individual giving birth.

• Paste quoted text from the Introduction of the article on the next line. Do not include quotation marks:

It is known that positive feelings and adaptive responses to birth have a positive influence on perceived birth experiences and postpartum mental health.

• Write your translation on the next line:

Birth experience and postpartum mental health are both positively impacted by associating positive feelings with the experience of giving birth. In addition, modifying a birth plan proactively in response to changes in labour also impacts birth experience and postpartum mental health positively.

• • Paste quoted text from the Results section in the article on the next line. Do not include quotation marks:

  The intervention group had significantly lower mean scores on the FOC and birth trauma and significantly higher mean scores on perceived support and control and maternal attachment than the control group (p < .01).

  • Write your translation on the next line:

  The group receiving the treatment Continuous Intrapartum Supportive Care (intervention group) had, on average, lower levels on the Fear of Childbirth (FOC) and birth trauma scales. In addition, this group, on average, experienced better perceived support and control during birth, as well as better maternal attachment to baby, compared with the group not receiving treatment (control group).

• Paste quoted text from the Discussion section of the article on the next line. Do not include quotation marks:

In the present study, CISC decreased the FOC and birth trauma and increased perceived control and support at birth and postpartum maternal attachment. In addition, CISC was found to reduce FOC in the latent phase as well as in the active and transitional phases, which can be considered as a valuable contribution to the literature.

• Write your translation on the next line:

This study demonstrated a decrease in Fear of Childbirth (FOC) and birth trauma due to women receiving Continuous Intrapartum Supportive Care (CISC). In addition, perceived control and support received during birth, as well as maternal attachment to baby after birth, increased due to CISC. The intervention CISC resulted in less FOC in the beginning stages of labour, as well as in the active and final stages of giving birth. This finding is a useful contribution to existing research on the subject.

• What future research should follow up on this work?

As the intervention examined in this study was proven to greatly improve the experience of birth and postpartum mental health, future research should identify the specific psychosocial, financial, or geographic barriers that would prevent individuals or communities from accessing Continuous Intrapartum Supportive Care (CISC). Future research should also examine the intersections of race, class, and gender on the experience of CISC and the accessibility to this care intrapartum.

• What did you not understand about this paper that someone else may be able to help you with? Or, if you understood everything, what did you find most challenging to understand?

The most challenging aspect of this study to understand was how the researchers collected data before, during, and after labour, especially as most of the data was qualitative (subjective personal measures scales, etc…) and required researchers to speak directly with women who were giving birth. The paper did not make it clear the social specifics of how researchers obtained women’s answers to each scale of measurement during the difficult and stressful experience of giving birth.