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Home Birth in Portugal—A Comprehensive Analysis Based on Official Statistical Data

Pintassilgo, Sónia ; Santos, Mário J. D. S ; Trindade, Inês ; Neves, Dulce Morgado

Social sciences (Basel), 2023-05, Vol.12 (6), p.314 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Basel: MDPI AG

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Home Birth in Portugal—A Comprehensive Analysis Based on Official Statistical Data
Autor: Pintassilgo, Sónia ; Santos, Mário J. D. S ; Trindade, Inês ; Neves, Dulce Morgado
Assuntos: 20th century ; Analysis ; Birth rates ; Childbirth ; Childbirth & labor ; Childbirth at home ; Forecasts and trends ; Home births ; home childbirth ; Hospitals ; Infant mortality ; Infants ; Maternal & child health ; Maternal child nursing ; Maternal mortality ; maternity care ; Medical care ; neonatal mortality ; Parents & parenting ; Patient outcomes ; perinatal mortality ; Quality management ; social analysis ; Statistics ; Womens health
É parte de: Social sciences (Basel), 2023-05, Vol.12 (6), p.314
Descrição: To date, there are no comprehensive analyses of the official data on home births in Portugal that consider other determinants beyond place of birth, such as the conditions in which births occur or the mothers’ social profiles. The aims of this article were: (1) to describe the characteristics of childbirth in Portugal according to the place of birth, and (2) to analyse the association between home birth assistance and perinatal, neonatal, and infant mortality rates. We performed a descriptive, correlational analysis of the official datasets of live births in Portugal (census-based) produced by the National Institute of Statistics. In 2020, home births had more similarities with hospital births than to births occurring in any “other place”. Furthermore, considering the 1995–2020 timeframe, home births with specialised assistance were negatively correlated with perinatal, neonatal, and infant mortality, and home births with non-specialised professional assistance or those that were unassisted showed a positive correlation with these mortality rates. Home births are heterogenous, and merely referencing the place of birth does not provide enough information. Although it recommended further investigation, this analysis pointed to the need to assure a specific, systematic evaluation of the quality of care in home births that allows for the consistent assessment and improvement of its safety.
Editor: Basel: MDPI AG
Idioma: Inglês

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Home Birth in Portugal—A Comprehensive Analysis Based on Official Statistical Data

Pintassilgo, Sónia ; Santos, Mário J. D. S ; Trindade, Inês ; Neves, Dulce Morgado

Basel: MDPI AG

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