Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 27-35 , March 2008

What are the views of midwives in relation to perineal repair?

  • Hannah G. Dahlen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Midwifery Child and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Clinical Midwifery Consultant Sydney South Western Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 4076 43943.
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  • Caroline S.E. Homer

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 9514 4886; fax: +61 2 9514 4835.

Received 5 September 2007 ,Revised 4 December 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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    Reasons why midwives should be taught to undertake perineal repairs ranked from 1 (most important) to 5 (least important).

    Reasons why midwives should be taught to undertake perineal repairs ranked from 1 (most important) to 5 (least important).

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    Years of experience performing perineal repair and level of worry over impact on women. A Chi-squared test was performed to examine differences between allocated groups: P>0.002.

    Years of experience performing perineal repair and level of worry over impact on women. A Chi-squared test was performed to examine differences between allocated groups: P>0.002.

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    Years performing perineal repair and level of confidence reported. A Chi-squared test was performed to examine differences between allocated groups: P>0.0001.

    Years performing perineal repair and level of confidence reported. A Chi-squared test was performed to examine differences between allocated groups: P>0.0001.

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    Years of experience and level of enjoyment undertaking perineal repairs. A Chi-squared test was performed to examine differences between allocated groups: P>0.0001.

    Years of experience and level of enjoyment undertaking perineal repairs. A Chi-squared test was performed to examine differences between allocated groups: P>0.0001.

PII: S1871-5192(07)00122-9

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.12.003

Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 27-35 , March 2008

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