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. 2023 Dec 30;13(1):63-71.
doi: 10.34172/jcs.2024.31796. eCollection 2024 Feb.

The Unmet Needs of Women with Maternal Near Miss Experience: A Qualitative Study

Sedigheh Abdollahpour  1 , Abbas Heydari  2 , Hosein Ebrahimipour  3 , Farhad Faridhoseini  4 , Talat Khadivzadeh  5
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The Unmet Needs of Women with Maternal Near Miss Experience: A Qualitative Study

Sedigheh Abdollahpour et al. J Caring Sci. .

Abstract

Introduction: A maternal near-miss (MNM) case is defined as "a woman who nearly died but survived from life-threatening pregnancy or childbirth complication". This study was conducted on health care providers and near-miss mothers (NMMs) with the aim of discovering the unmet needs of Iranian NMM.

Methods: In this qualitative study 37 participants of key informants, health providers, NMMs and their husbands were selected using purposive sampling. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted for data collection until data saturation was achieved. Data were analyzed using Graneheim and Lundman conventional content analysis.

Results: The analysis revealed the core category of "the need for comprehensive support". Eight categories included "psychological", "fertility", "information", "improvement the quality of care", "sociocultural", "financial", "breastfeeding" and "nutritional" needs emerging from 18 sub-categories, were formed from 2112 codes.

Conclusion: Many of the real needs of NMM have been ignored. Maternal health policymakers should provide standard guidelines based on the needs discovered in this study to support the NMMs' unmet needs.

Keywords: Maternal health; Maternal near miss; Qualitative study; Sever maternal morbidity; Unmet needs.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible or the content and writing of the paper.

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