Tuesday, June 13, 2023

What's new in midwifery - 13th June 2023 (2)

Some new research.    Most of this identified through McMaster's Evidence Alerts, so thanks to them.   I have given links to the article (subscription, payment or librarian intervention may be needed to access the full article) or in some cases, the record in PubMed.


Three relating to perinatal mental health

Internet delivered psychological interventions for reducing depressive, anxiety symptoms and fear of childbirth in pregnant women - a systematic review.

An interactive childbirth education platform to improve pregnancy-related anxiety - an RCT.

Another RCT, Effect of immediate referral vs a brief problem-solving intervention for screen-detected peripartum depression


Labour and delivery

Comparison of maternal labor-related complications and neonatal outcomes following elective induction of labor at 39 weeks of gestation vs expectant management: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The REDUCED trial: a cluster randomized trial for REDucing the utilization of CEsarean delivery for dystocia

An update of a Cochrane systematic review, Cephalic version by moxibustion for breech presentation


Postpartum haemorrhage

Randomized trial of early detection and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage


Diabetes

Interventions to enhance pre-pregnancy care for women with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the literature

Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosed Early in Pregnancy


Other things

A longitudinal study looking at the effect of physical activity on symptoms, physical or psychological, experienced during pregnancy 

Development, evaluation and adaptation of a critical realism informed theory of procedural pain management in preterm infants: The PAIN-Neo theory

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