Living with uncertainty: A Swedish qualitative interview study of women at home on sick leave due to premature labour.

Summary, in English

OBJECTIVE: to highlight the experiences of pregnant women, experiencing preterm labour, being on sick leave at home and how they handled their daily life. DESIGN: qualitative, descriptive using open interviews. SETTING: 10 antenatal clinics in the south of Sweden. PARTICIPANTS: 15 pregnant women who were on sick leave for premature labour. FINDINGS: four categories were identified: how to interpret unpredictable contractions in the uterus? Having concern regarding premature labour of their child, handling the new situation and finding a balance, and from work to sick leave. KEY CONCLUSIONS: to be on sick leave for premature contractions can be compared with enduring a situation of inactivity. The woman finds herself in a stressful situation which she must learn to handle this and find a balance. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: it appears that supportive information offers the women in premature labour the opportunity of increased participation and responsibility which thereby positively affects her well-being.

• Författare: Eva Höglund; Anna-Karin Dykes
• Avdelning/ar: Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper
• Publiceringsår: 2013
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 468-473
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Midwifery
• Volym: 29
• Issue: 5
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23231963?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.03.003
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Elsevier
• Ämne: Nursing
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1532-3099