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  • An economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial on psycho-education counselling intervention offered by midwives to address women's fear of childbirth in Australia

    Author(s)
    Turkstra, Erika
    Mihala, Gabor
    Scuffham, Paul A
    Creedy, Debra K
    Gamble, Jenny
    Toohill, Jocelyn
    Fenwick, Jennifer
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Gamble, Jenny A.
    Creedy, Debra K.
    Scuffham, Paul A.
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Objective: The rate of caesarean section continues to increase, and there is evidence that childbirth fear is a contributing factor. Insufficient evidence is available on the impact of reducing childbirth fear on health-related quality of life and health service use. We undertook an economic evaluation of a psychoeducation counselling intervention offered by midwives to address women’s fear of childbirth in Australia. Methods: Pregnant women (n = 339) with high childbirth fear were randomised to a midwife-led psychoeducation intervention for childbirth fear or to usual care. This paper presents the economic evaluation of the ...
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    Objective: The rate of caesarean section continues to increase, and there is evidence that childbirth fear is a contributing factor. Insufficient evidence is available on the impact of reducing childbirth fear on health-related quality of life and health service use. We undertook an economic evaluation of a psychoeducation counselling intervention offered by midwives to address women’s fear of childbirth in Australia. Methods: Pregnant women (n = 339) with high childbirth fear were randomised to a midwife-led psychoeducation intervention for childbirth fear or to usual care. This paper presents the economic evaluation of the intervention based on health-related quality of life and health service use from recruitment to six weeks postpartum (n = 184). Results: The changes in health-related quality of life after birth (EQ-5D-3L: 0.016 vs. 0.010, p = 0.833, for usual care and intervention) and total health care use cost (AUS$10,110 vs. AUS$9980, p = 0.819) were similar between groups. The intervention did not increase costs; however, in a post hoc analysis, the interventions might be cost-effective for those women with very high childbirth fear. Conclusion: This brief psycho-education intervention by midwives did not improve the health-related quality of life of women, and had no impact on overall cost.
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    Journal Title
    Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
    Volume
    11
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2016.08.003
    Subject
    Reproductive medicine not elsewhere classified
    Reproductive medicine
    Midwifery
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/340422
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