Hi Marlene
Many thanks for information. I will certainly request the reports. Can I
ask if the report establishes figures for those eligible for MLC at booking
or when was the data extraction done? Also, and forgive my ignorance, but
can you refer me for source of information on the Dundee Classification
Criteria.
Many thanks
Declan
Declan Devane,
Doctoral Student,
School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies,
University of Dublin Trinity College,
Trinity Centre for Health Sciences Education,
St. James's Hospital,
Dublin 8.
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Subject: Re: Midwifery-led care-
Declan
I submitted a research report to Mr John Compton, Chief Executive
Down Lisburn Trust, Lisburn, last year. It was a collaborative
retrospective study conduced primarily to look at one years of data
to dientify women who were essentially "low-risk" using the Dundee
Data Abstraction form. We had 2200 women in the pool and of these
over 700 were eligible for midwife-led care when they reached the
stage of labour.
Sample:2200 patient records accessed
low-riskcriteria applied
Majorrisk factor for exclusion was
induction and epidural
Low risk at onset of labour
719 cases abstracted (33%):
437 LVH Urban unit
282 DMH Rural unit
About a month ago I submitted another report on "Exploring the Issues
in Midwife Led Care that provided important data from stand along
midwife -led units in England Scotland and Wales (telephone
interviews).
Both of these reports are available from John Compton at the Trust.
They might be helpful.
Best Regards
Marlene
Dr. Marlene Sinclair
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
Course Director P/Grad Dip/MSc Advanced Nursing/Midwifery
University of Ulster at Jordanstown
Newtownabbey
BT37 0QB
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Tel 02890 368118
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