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, Volume 32, Issue 2, pp 206–211 | Cite as

Post natal use of analgesics: comparisons between conventional postnatal wards and a maternity hotel

  • Hedvig NordengEmail author
  • Anne Eskild
  • Britt-Ingjerd Nesheim
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Abstract

Aim To investigate factors related to analgesic use after delivery, and especially whether rates of analgesic use were different in a midwife-managed maternity hotel as compared to conventional postnatal wards. Setting One maternity hotel and two conventional postnatal wards at Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. Method Data were obtained from hospital records for 804 women with vaginal deliveries. Main outcome measure Postnatal analgesic use. Results Overall, approximately half the women used analgesics after vaginal delivery in both conventional postnatal wards and maternity hotel. The factors that were significantly associated with use of analgesics postnatally in multivariate analysis were multiparity, having a non-Western ethnicity, smoking in pregnancy, younger age, instrumental delivery, analgesic use during labour, maternal complications post partum, and duration of postnatal stay 4 days or more. Conclusion The use of analgesics is determined by socio-demographic and obstetric factors rather than the organisation of the ward.

Keywords

Analgesics Drug utilisation Maternity care Maternity hotel Norway Organisation postnatal ward 
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Acknowledgment

We would like to thank the staff at Ullevål University Hospital for recording of data.

Funding

We would like to thank The Norwegian Women’s Public Health Association for funding the study.

Conflict of interest statement

None.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Hedvig Nordeng
    • 1
    • 2
    Email author
  • Anne Eskild
    • 2
    • 3
  • Britt-Ingjerd Nesheim
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Pharmacy, School of PharmacyUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
  2. 2.Department of Psychosomatics and Health Behavior, Division of Mental HealthNorwegian Institute of Public HealthOsloNorway
  3. 3.Department of Gynecology and ObstetricsAkershus University Hospital and University of OsloOsloNorway
  4. 4.Department of ObstetricsUllevål University HospitalOsloNorway

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