• Health workers' perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn health care around the time of childbirth: Results of the Improving MAternal Newborn carE in the EURO Region (IMAgiNE EURO) project in 12 countries of the World Health Organization European Region 

      Valente, Emanuelle Pessa; Mariani, Ilaria; Bomben, Arianna; Morano, Sandra; Gemperle, Michael; Otelea, Marina Ruxandra; Miani, Céline; Elden, Helen; Sarantaki, Antigoni; Costa, Raquel; Baranowska, Barbara; König-Bachmann, Martina; Kongslien, Sigrun; Drandić, Daniela; Rozée, Virginie; Nespoli, Antonella; Abderhalden-Zellweger, Alessia; Nanu, Ioana; Batram-Zantvoort, Stephanie; Linden, Karolina; Metallinou, Dimitra; Dias, Heloísa; Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula; D'Costa, Elisabeth; Nedberg, Ingvild Hersoug; Kurbanović, Magdalena; de La Rochebrochard, Elise; Fumagalli, Simona; Grylka-Baeschlin, Susanne; Handra, Claudia Mariana; Zaigham, Mehreen; Orovou, Eirini; Barata, Catarina; Szlendak, Beata; Zenzmaier, Christoph; Vik, Eline Skirnisdottir; Liepinaitienė, Alina; Drglin, Zalka; Arendt, Maryse; Sacks, Emma; Lazzerini, Marzia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-09-06)
      Background Health workers’ (HWs’) perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) are not routinely collected. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to document HWs’ perspectives on QMNC around childbirth in 12 World Health Organization (WHO) European countries.<p> <p>Methods HWs involved in maternal/neonatal care for at least one year between March 2020 and March 2023 answered ...
    • Individual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth: Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European region 

      Miani, Céline; Wandschneider, Lisa; Batram-Zantvoort, Stephanie; Covi, Benedetta; Elden, Helen; Nedberg, Ingvild Hersoug; Drglin, Zalka; Pumpure, Elizabete; Costa, Raquel; Rozée, Virginie; Otelea, Marina Ruxandra; Drandić, Daniela; Radetic, Jelena; Abderhalden-Zellweger, Alessia; Ćerimagić, Amira; Arendt, Maryse; Mariani, Ilaria; Linden, Karolina; Ponikvar, Barbara Mihevc; Jakovicka, Dārta; Dias, Heloisa; Ruzicic, Jovana; de Labrusse, Claire; Valente, Emanuelle Pessa; Zaigham, Mehreen; Bohinec, Anja; Rezeberga, Dace; Barata, Catarina; Pfund, Anouk; Sacks, Emma; Lazzerini, Marzia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-18)
      Objective: To investigate potential associations between individual and country-level factors and medicalization of birth in 15 European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.<p> <p>Methods: Online anonymous survey of women who gave birth in 2020–2021. Multivariable multilevel logistic regression models estimating associations between indicators of medicalization (cesarean, instrumental vaginal ...
    • Quality of health care around the time of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the IMAgiNE EURO study in Norway and trends over time 

      Nedberg, Ingvild Hersoug; Vik, Eline Skirnisdottir; Kongslien, Sigrun; Mariani, Ilaria; Valente, Emanuelle Pessa; Covi, Benedetta; Lazzerini, Marzia; Ćerimagić, Amira; Roda, Daniela Drandić; Kurbanović, Magdalena; Virginie, Rozée; de La Rochebrochard, Elise; Löfgren, Kristina; Miani, Céline; Batram-Zantvoort, Stephanie; Wandschneider, Lisa; Morano, Sandra; Chertok, Ilana; Artzi-Medvedik, Rada; Pumpure, Elizabete; Rezeberga, Dace; Jansone-Šantare, Gita; Jakovicka, Dārta; Vaska, Agnija; Knoka, Anna Regīna; Vilcāne, Katrīna Paula; Liepinaitienė, Alina; Kondrakova, Andželika; Mizgaitienė, Marija; Juciūtė, Simona; Arendt, Maryse; Tasch, Barbara; Baranowska, Barbara; Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula; Węgrzynowska, Maria; Costa, Raquel; Barata, Catarina; Santos, Teresa; Rodrigues, Carina; Dias, Heloísa; Otelea, Marina Ruxandra; Radetić, Jelena; Ružičić, Jovana; Drglin, Zalka; Ponikvar, Barbara Mihevc; Bohinec, Anja; Brigidi, Serena; Castañeda, Lara Martín; Elden, Helen; Sengpiel, Verena; Linden, Karolina; Zaigham, Mehreen; De Labrusse, Claire; Abderhalden, Alessia; Pfund, Anouck; Thorn, Harriet; Grylka, Susanne; Gemperle, Michael; Mueller, Antonia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-18)
      Objective: To describe maternal perception of the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) in facilities in Norway during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic.<p> <p>Methods: Women who gave birth in a Norwegian facility from March 1, 2020, to October 28, 2021, filled out a structured online questionnaire based on 40 WHO standards-based quality measures. Quantile regression analysis was performed ...
    • Rates of instrumental vaginal birth and cesarean and quality of maternal and newborn health care in private versus public facilities: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study in 16 countries 

      Lazzerini, Marzia; Valente, Emanuelle Pessa; Covi, Benedetta; Rozée, Virginie; Costa, Raquel; Otelea, Marina Ruxandra; Abderhalden-Zellweger, Alessia; Węgrzynowska, Maria; Linden, Karolina; Arendt, Maryse; Brigidi, Serena; Miani, Céline; Pumpure, Elizabete; Radetic, Jelena; Drandic, Daniela; Cerimagic, Amira; Nedberg, Ingvild Hersoug; Liepinaitienė, Alina; Rodrigues, Carina; de Labrusse, Claire; Baranowska, Barbara; Zaigham, Mehreen; Castañeda, Lara Martín; Batram-Zantvoort, Stephanie; Jakovicka, Dārta; Ruzicic, Jovana; Juciūtė, Simona; Santos, Teresa; Gemperle, Michael; Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula; Elden, Helen; Mizgaitienė, Marija; Lincetto, Ornella; Sacks, Emma; Mariani, Ilaria (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-10)
      Objective: To explore the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) during the COVID-19 pandemic by facility type among 16 European countries, comparing rates of instrumental vaginal birth and cesarean.<p> <p>Methods: Women who gave birth in the WHO European Region from March 1, 2020, to February 7, 2022, answered a validated online questionnaire. Rates of instrumental birth, instrumental ...
    • Trends in the quality of maternal and neonatal care in Sweden and Norway as compared to 12 WHO European countries: A cross-sectional survey investigating maternal perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Zaigham, Mehreen; Linden, Karolina; Elden, Helen; Delle Vedove, Stefano; Mariani, Ilaria; Kongslien, Sigrun; Drandić, Daniela; Pumpure, Elizabete; Drglin, Zalka; Costa, Raquel; Sarantaki, Antigoni; de Labrusse, Claire; Miani, Céline; Oțelea, Marina Ruxandra; Liepinaitienė, Alina; Baranowska, Barbara; Rozée, Virginie; Valente, Emanuelle Pessa; Vik, Eline Skirnisdottir; Kurbanović, Magdalena; Jakovicka, Dārta; Bohinec, Anja; Dias, Heloísa; Metallinou, Dimitra; Mueller, Antonia N.; Batram-Zantvoort, Stephanie; Handra, Claudia Mariana; Mizgaitienė, Marija; Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula; Bomben, Arianna; Nedberg, Ingvild Hersoug; Voitehoviča, Elīna; Pinto, Tiago Miguel; Lykeridou, Aikaterini; Grylka-Baeschlin, Susanne; Jazdauskienė, Simona; Szlendak, Beata; Sacks, Emma; Lazzerini, Marzia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-21)
      Introduction: Maternal-neonatal healthcare services were severely disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic in even high-income countries within the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. The objective of this study was to compare trends in the quality of maternal and neonatal care (QMNC) in Sweden and Norway to 12 other countries from the WHO European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic, and ...