Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project
Objectives Comparing language-supported group antenatal care (gANC) and standard antenatal care (sANC) for Somali-born women in Sweden, measuring overall ratings of care and emotional well-being, and testing the feasibility of the outcome measures.Design A quasi-experimental trial with one intervent...
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| author | Birgitta Essén Ulrika Byrskog Malin Ahrne Rhonda Small Ewa Andersson Erica Schytt |
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| description | Objectives Comparing language-supported group antenatal care (gANC) and standard antenatal care (sANC) for Somali-born women in Sweden, measuring overall ratings of care and emotional well-being, and testing the feasibility of the outcome measures.Design A quasi-experimental trial with one intervention and one historical control group, nested in an intervention development and feasibility study.Setting Midwifery-led antenatal care clinic in a mid-sized Swedish town.Participants Pregnant Somali-born women (<25 gestational weeks); 64 women in gANC and 81 in sANC.Intervention Language-supported gANC (2017–2019). Participants were offered seven 60-minute group sessions with other Somali-born women led by one to two midwives, in addition to 15–30 min individual appointments with their designated midwife.Outcomes Primary outcomes were women’s overall ratings of antenatal care and emotional well-being (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)) in gestational week ≥35 and 2 months post partum. Secondary outcomes were specific care experiences, information received, social support, knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and obstetric outcomes.Results Recruitment and retention of participants were challenging. Of eligible women, 39.3% (n=106) declined to participate. No relevant differences regarding overall ratings of antenatal care between the groups were detected (late pregnancy OR 1.42, 95% CI 0.50 to 4.16 and 6–8 weeks post partum OR 2.71, 95% CI 0.88 to 9.41). The reduction in mean EPDS score was greater in the intervention group when adjusting for differences at baseline (mean difference −1.89; 95% CI –3.73 to −0.07). Women in gANC were happier with received pregnancy and birth information, for example, caesarean section where 94.9% (n=37) believed the information was sufficient compared with 17.5% (n=7) in standard care (p<0.001) in late pregnancy.Conclusions This evaluation suggests potential for language-supported gANC to improve knowledge acquisition among pregnant Somali-born women with residence in Sweden ˂10 years. An adequately powered randomised trial is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT03879200). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-557d21d7bbae4b0e9fe7eefdad4c0b832023-01-27T16:30:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-01-0113110.1136/bmjopen-2022-066000Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo ProjectBirgitta Essén0Ulrika Byrskog1Malin Ahrne2Rhonda Small3Ewa Andersson4Erica Schytt5Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenSchool of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, SwedenDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCenter for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala University, Falun, SwedenObjectives Comparing language-supported group antenatal care (gANC) and standard antenatal care (sANC) for Somali-born women in Sweden, measuring overall ratings of care and emotional well-being, and testing the feasibility of the outcome measures.Design A quasi-experimental trial with one intervention and one historical control group, nested in an intervention development and feasibility study.Setting Midwifery-led antenatal care clinic in a mid-sized Swedish town.Participants Pregnant Somali-born women (<25 gestational weeks); 64 women in gANC and 81 in sANC.Intervention Language-supported gANC (2017–2019). Participants were offered seven 60-minute group sessions with other Somali-born women led by one to two midwives, in addition to 15–30 min individual appointments with their designated midwife.Outcomes Primary outcomes were women’s overall ratings of antenatal care and emotional well-being (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)) in gestational week ≥35 and 2 months post partum. Secondary outcomes were specific care experiences, information received, social support, knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and obstetric outcomes.Results Recruitment and retention of participants were challenging. Of eligible women, 39.3% (n=106) declined to participate. No relevant differences regarding overall ratings of antenatal care between the groups were detected (late pregnancy OR 1.42, 95% CI 0.50 to 4.16 and 6–8 weeks post partum OR 2.71, 95% CI 0.88 to 9.41). The reduction in mean EPDS score was greater in the intervention group when adjusting for differences at baseline (mean difference −1.89; 95% CI –3.73 to −0.07). Women in gANC were happier with received pregnancy and birth information, for example, caesarean section where 94.9% (n=37) believed the information was sufficient compared with 17.5% (n=7) in standard care (p<0.001) in late pregnancy.Conclusions This evaluation suggests potential for language-supported gANC to improve knowledge acquisition among pregnant Somali-born women with residence in Sweden ˂10 years. An adequately powered randomised trial is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT03879200).https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/1/e066000.full |
| spellingShingle | Birgitta Essén Ulrika Byrskog Malin Ahrne Rhonda Small Ewa Andersson Erica Schytt Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project BMJ Open |
| title | Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project |
| title_full | Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project |
| title_fullStr | Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project |
| title_short | Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project |
| title_sort | group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for somali swedish women a historically controlled evaluation of the hooyo project |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/1/e066000.full |
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