Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothers

Plain language summary A maternal near miss (MNM) is a life-threatening condition experienced by a mother with organ failure due to severe maternal morbidity. Near miss mother (NMM) experiences adverse outcome such as physical, emotional, and psychological consequences after near miss event. Underst...

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Main Authors: Sedigheh Abdollahpour, Abbas Heydari, Hosein Ebrahimipour, Farhad Faridhoseini, Talat Khadivzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Reproductive Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01321-6
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author Sedigheh Abdollahpour
Abbas Heydari
Hosein Ebrahimipour
Farhad Faridhoseini
Talat Khadivzadeh
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Abbas Heydari
Hosein Ebrahimipour
Farhad Faridhoseini
Talat Khadivzadeh
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description Plain language summary A maternal near miss (MNM) is a life-threatening condition experienced by a mother with organ failure due to severe maternal morbidity. Near miss mother (NMM) experiences adverse outcome such as physical, emotional, and psychological consequences after near miss event. Understanding the meaning of these mothers' lived experience and listening to their voices will help in reducing the burden of complications and will be effective in rehabilitating the disability created in their life. "Death-stricken survivor mother" was the central emerged theme resulting from the study of phenomenology. The main body of this theme reflects the severe physical, psychological burden and vicissitudes life. Server maternal morbidity due pregnancy and childbirth, have made NMM mother's life very different from those of normal mothers. The living conditions of these mothers are mixed in all aspects of the MNM event. Long-term physical and psychological damages they have endured, should be on the agenda of women's health policy makers to support them for years after discharge with integrated care.
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spelling doaj.art-a2c9ae6cdd944ee1b30fa3de4a1bc4d22022-12-22T04:09:17ZengBMCReproductive Health1742-47552022-01-0119111010.1186/s12978-021-01321-6Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothersSedigheh Abdollahpour0Abbas Heydari1Hosein Ebrahimipour2Farhad Faridhoseini3Talat Khadivzadeh4Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesNursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesPlain language summary A maternal near miss (MNM) is a life-threatening condition experienced by a mother with organ failure due to severe maternal morbidity. Near miss mother (NMM) experiences adverse outcome such as physical, emotional, and psychological consequences after near miss event. Understanding the meaning of these mothers' lived experience and listening to their voices will help in reducing the burden of complications and will be effective in rehabilitating the disability created in their life. "Death-stricken survivor mother" was the central emerged theme resulting from the study of phenomenology. The main body of this theme reflects the severe physical, psychological burden and vicissitudes life. Server maternal morbidity due pregnancy and childbirth, have made NMM mother's life very different from those of normal mothers. The living conditions of these mothers are mixed in all aspects of the MNM event. Long-term physical and psychological damages they have endured, should be on the agenda of women's health policy makers to support them for years after discharge with integrated care.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01321-6Maternal near missLived experienceQualitative studyMaternal morbidity
spellingShingle Sedigheh Abdollahpour
Abbas Heydari
Hosein Ebrahimipour
Farhad Faridhoseini
Talat Khadivzadeh
Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothers
Reproductive Health
Maternal near miss
Lived experience
Qualitative study
Maternal morbidity
title Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothers
title_full Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothers
title_fullStr Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothers
title_full_unstemmed Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothers
title_short Death-stricken survivor mother: the lived experience of near miss mothers
title_sort death stricken survivor mother the lived experience of near miss mothers
topic Maternal near miss
Lived experience
Qualitative study
Maternal morbidity
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01321-6
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