Childbirth expectations and experiences in Belgian and Dutch models of maternity care

References

• Andersson , L. , Sundstrom‐Poromaa , I. , Wulff , M. , Astrom , M. and Bixo , M. 2004 . Implications of antenatal depression and anxiety for obstetric outcome. . Obstetrics and Gynecology , 104 : 467 – 476 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ayers , S. and Pickering , A. D. 2005 . Women's expectations and experience of birth. . Psychology & Health , 20 : 79 – 92 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baron‐Epel , O. , Dushenat , M. and Friedman , N. 2001 . Evaluation of the consumer model: Relationship between patients' expectations, perceptions and satisfaction with care. . International Journal for Quality in Health Care , 13 : 317 – 323 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bond , S. and Thomas , L. H. 1992 . Measuring patients satisfaction with nursing‐care. . Journal of Advanced Nursing , 17 : 52 – 63 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bramadat , I. J. and Driedger , M. 1993 . Satisfaction with childbirth – Theories and methods of measurement. . Birth‐Issues in Perinatal Care , 20 : 22 – 29 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cammu , H. , Martens , G. , De Coen , K. , Van Mol , C. and Defoort , P. 2005 . Perinatale activiteiten in Vlaanderen 2005 (Perinatal activities in Flanders 2005) , Brussels : SPE .
   Google Scholar
• Christiaens , W. and Bracke , P. 2007 . Assessment of social psychological determinants of satisfaction with childbirth in a cross‐national perspective. . BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth , 7
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Crowe , K. and Vonbaeyer , C. 1989 . Predictors of a positive childbirth experience. . Birth‐Issues in Perinatal Care , 16 : 59 – 63 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis‐Floyd , R. 2001 . The technocratic, humanistic, and holistic paradigms of childbirth. . International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics , 75 : S5 – S23 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• DeVries , R. 2004 . A pleasing birth. Midwives and maternity care in the Netherlands , Philadelphia : Temple University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Gibbins , J. and Thomson , A. M. 2001 . Women's expectations and experiences of childbirth. . Midwifery , 17 : 302 – 313 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gilleir , C. 2007 . Thuis bevallen in Vlaanderen: een kwestie van reflexiviteit (Home birth in Flanders: a matter of reflexivity). . Tijdschrift voor Sociologie , 28 : 25 – 51 .
   Google Scholar
• Goodman , P. , Mackey , M. C. and Tavakoli , A. S. 2004 . Factors related to childbirth satisfaction. . Journal of Advanced Nursing , 46 : 212 – 219 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Green , J. M. 1993 . Expectations and experiences of pain in labor – Findings from a large prospective study. . Birth‐Issues in Perinatal Care , 20 : 65 – 72 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Green , J. M. and Baston , H. A. 2007 . Have women become more willing to accept obstetric interventions and does this relate to mode of birth? Data from a prospective study. . Birth‐Issues in Perinatal Care , 34 : 6 – 13 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harvey , S. , Rach , D. , Stainton , M. C. , Jarrell , J. and Brant , R. 2002 . Evaluation of satisfaction with midwifery care. . Midwifery , 18 : 260 – 267 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heimstad , R. , Dahloe , R. , Laache , I. , Skogvoll , E. and Schei , B. 2006 . Fear of childbirth and history of abuse: Implications for pregnancy and delivery. . Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica , 85 : 435 – 440 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hildingsson , I. , Waldenstrom , U. and Radestad , I. 2002 . Women's expectations on antenatal care as assessed in early pregnancy: Number of visits, continuity of caregiver and general content. . Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica , 81 : 118 – 125 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• HowellWhite , S. 1997 . Choosing a birth attendant: The influence of a woman's childbirth definition. . Social Science & Medicine , 45 : 925 – 936 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johnson , T. R. , Callister , L. C. , Freeborn , D. S. , Beckstrand , R. L. and Huender , K. 2007 . Dutch women's perceptions of childbirth in the Netherlands. . MCN– the American Journal of Maternal‐Child Nursing , 32 : 170 – 177 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Linder‐Pelz , S. 1982 . Toward a theory of patient satisfaction. . Social Science & Medicine , 16 : 577 – 582 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lumley , J. 1985 . Assessing satisfaction with childbirth. . Birth‐Issues in Perinatal Care , 12 : 141 – 145 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luyben , A. G. and Fleming , V. E. M. 2005 . Women's needs from antenatal care in three European countries. . Midwifery , 21 : 212 – 223 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Preston , C. C. and Colman , A. M. 2000 . Optimal number of response categories in rating scales: Reliability, validity, discriminating power, and respondent preferences. . Acta Psychologica , 104 : 1 – 15 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ryding , E. L. , Wirfelt , E. , Wangborg , I. B. , Sjogren , B. and Edman , G. 2007 . Personality and fear of childbirth. . Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica , 86 : 814 – 820 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Slade , P. , Macpherson , S. A. , Hume , A. and Maresh , M. 1993 . Expectations, experiences and satisfaction with labor. . British Journal of Clinical Psychology , 32 : 469 – 483 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stolte , K. 1987 . A comparison of women's expectations of labor with the actual event. . Birth‐Issues in Perinatal Care , 14 : 99 – 103 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tammentie , T. , Paavilainen , E. , Astedt‐Kurki , P. and Tarkka , M. T. 2004 . Family dynamics of postnatally depressed mothers – Discrepancy between expectations and reality. . Journal of Clinical Nursing , 13 : 65 – 74 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thompson , A. G. H. and Sunol , R. 1995 . Expectations as determinants of patient satisfaction – Concepts, theory and evidence. . International Journal for Quality in Health Care , 7 : 127 – 141 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van der Hulst , L. A. M. 1999 . Dutch midwives: Relational care and birth location. . Health & Social Care in the Community , 7 : 242 – 247 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van der Hulst , L. A. M. , van Teijlingen , E. , Bonsel , G. J. , Eskes , M. , Birnie , E. and Bleker , O. 2007 . Dutch women's decision‐making in preganancy and labour as seen through the eyes of their midwives. . Midwifery , 23 : 279 – 286 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• van Teijlingen , E. 2005 . A critical analysis of the medical model as used in the study of pregnancy and childbirth. . Sociological Research Online , 10 http://www.socresonline.org.uk/10‐2/teijlingen.html
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• van Teijlingen , E. , Hundley , V. , Rennie , A. M. , Graham , W. and Fitzmaurice , A. 2003 . Maternity satisfaction studies and their limitations: ‘What is, must still be best’. . Birth‐Issues in Perinatal Care , 30 : 75 – 82 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• West , B. T. , Welch , K. B. and Gatecki , A. T. 2007 . Linear mixed models. A practical guide using statistical software , New York : Chapman & Hall/CRC .
   Google Scholar
• Wiegers , T. A. 1998 . Home or hospital birth: a prospective study of midwifery care in the Netherlands. . European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology , 79 : 139 – 141 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wijma , K. , Wijma , B. and Zar , M. 1998 . Psychometric aspects of the W‐DEQ: A new questionnaire for the measurement of fear of childbirth. . Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology , 19 : 84 – 97 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams , B. 1994 . Patient satisfaction – A valid concept. . Social Science & Medicine , 38 : 509 – 516 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zadoroznyj , M. 1999 . Social class, social selves and social control in childbirth. . Sociology of Health and Illness , 21 : 267 – 289 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar