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Does Antenatal Education Affect Labour and Birth? A Structured Review of the Literature
Childbirth classes encouraged partner involvement, less anxiety, and less false labor but led to more labor interventions such as induction and epidural use.
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Sample
- N: 10 articles (of 3286 identified) originating from Spain, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Iran, UK, Thailand and the United States
- Search Method: Ovid Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Web of Knowledge databases were used to identify appropriate research articles published in English from 2000 to 2012, using relevant terms in a variety of combinations
- Inclusion Criteria: Relevancy for labor and birthing outcomes
Objective
- To determine the effect of antenatal education on labor and birth, particularly normal birth
Design—Systematic literature review
']Findings
- The labor and birthing effects on women attending antenatal education may include less false labor admissions, more partner involvement, and less anxiety but more labor interventions.
- Several studies found increased labor and birth interventions such as induction of labor and epidural use.
- There is contradictory evidence on the effect of antenatal education on mode of birth.
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