Table 2 Literature summary
From: Concurrent analysis of choice and control in childbirth
Author(s) | Sample | Methodology |
|---|---|---|
Munro et al, 2009 [20] | 17 primiparous women in British Columbia, Canada. | Semi structured interviews: exploratory qualitative study |
Fenwick et al, 2008[10] | 14 women who had requested a caesarean section in their first pregnancy in Australia | Telephone interviews: exploratory descriptive approach: |
Kennedy et al, 2009[21] | 234 women during the postpartum period in US | Qualitative interviews: narrative and thematic analysis |
McCourt &Pearce, 2000 [22] | 20 UK women receiving different models of maternity care | Semi-structured narrative interviews at 6 months postnatal |
Houvouras, 2006[23] | 15 postpartum women in US | Active and feminist interviews: Constructivist grounded theory |
Parry, 2006 [24] | Personal reflection and 8 women in Canada, 1 in US (7 pregnant, 2 postpartum) | Personal ethnography and interviews: narrative presentation |
Crossley, 2007[25] | Single case study in UK | Personal reflection, unfolding narrative: exploratory qualitative design |
Shaw, 2007 [26] | Critical response to Crossley (2007) | Personal reflection grounded in doctoral thesis data |
Stokhill, 2007 [27] | Critical response to Crossley (2007) | Personal reflection grounded in autoethnography |
Namey & Lyerly, 2010 [28] | 72 US women who as part of a larger study had spontaneously mentioned control | Semi structured interviews: Concept analysis |
Hall & Holloway, 1998[29] | 9 UK women who chose to give birth in water | In depth interviews analysed using grounded theory |
Walker. 2005 [30] | 32 UK women who had delivered in a midwife led care unit | In depth focused interviews, analysed using grounded theory |
Viisainen, 2001[31] | 21 women and 12 partners of women who had planned a home birth in Finland | Semi structured interviews, narrative and thematic analysis |
Viisainen, 2000 [32] | 21 women and 12 partners of women who had planned a home birth in Finland | Semi structured interviews, narrative and thematic analysis |
Morison et al, 1998[8] | 10 couples who had a home birth in Australia | Interviews and homebirth video observation: phenomenological approach |
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Kontoyannis &Katsetos, 2008[34] | 12 women who had experienced planned home birth in Greece. | Semi structured interviews: phenomenology |
Kennedy &Shannon, 2004 [35] | Purposive sample of 14 midwives in US | Interview data: Narrative analysis |
Lynn Clark et al, 2003[36] | Childbearing women in US, Scandinavia, Middle East, China and Tonga (n = 100) | Secondary analysis of narrative transcripts |
Lundgren & Dahlberg, 1998[37] | Nine women, four primiparous and five multiparous who were two to four days post delivery. | Interview data: Narrative analysis with phenomenological interpretation of meaning |
Halldorsdottir & Karlsdottir, 1996[38] | 14 postnatal women in Iceland | Interactive interviews: Phenomenology |
Maher, 2008[39] | 10 postnatal women between 3 and 12 months in Australia | Semi-structured interviews: Narrative based approach |
McCallum & Reis, 2005[40] | 26 women admitted for childbirth in Brazil | Participant observation and semi structured interviews: ethnographic and narrative analysis |
Liamputtong, 2009 [41] | 15 middle class mothers, 15 lower class mothers in Thailand | Semi structured interviews: phenomenological thematic analysis |