International Survey of Childbirth-Related Trauma - Swedish Part (SwIntersect)

Region Östergötland

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postpartum Sadness; Childbirth-related PTSD; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD; Fear of Childbirth; Postnatal Depression

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06207916

SwIntersect

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this cross-sectional observational study is to analyze childbirth-related PTSD, traumatic birth experiences and stress symptoms postpartum. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• What is the prevalence of traumatic birth experiences, PTSD and stress symptoms in a Swedish postnatal sample?
• What are the risk factors for postnatal mental ill-health?

Additional goals are to make cross-cultural translations of the instruments City BiTS and Birth Satisfaction Scale - Revised.

Participants will answer an online surveys including several instruments measuring postnatal stress and mental ill-health.

Enrollment: 619 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: having given birth 6-16 weeks previously -

Exclusion Criteria: having given birth to a child that did not survive