Johanna Belz, Göran Kenttä, Hayley E McEwan, Jelena Muetstege, David Tod
A qualitative analysis of Swedish sport psychology practitioners' experience of a continued professional development program
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports
neuraxial analgesia na effective modality managing labor pain widespread availability highincome countries previous research reported differential obstetric na use among migrant native women contribution language barriers well understood aimed investigate whether hostcountry language proficiency among migrant women influences na use satisfaction pain management labor compared natives conducted secondary analysis data collected 1024 native 1111 migrant women singleton vaginal deliveries 2017 2019 enrolled nationwide portuguese bambino prospective cohort study obstetric na use satisfaction labor pain management migrants portuguese language proficiency selfreported data analyzed using robust multilevel poisson regression adjusted maternal region birth characterized human development index age education overall 844 native women gave birth na compared 816 713 569 migrant women full intermediate limited language proficiency respectively compared native women migrants intermediate adjusted risk ratio arr 091 95 confidence interval ci 082099 limited arr 073 95 ci 056094 proficiency less likely receive na however significant differences observed pain management satisfaction language proficiency level compared native women observed differential obstetric na use across migrant women different hostcountry language proficiency levels portugal without affecting satisfaction labor pain management although defining mechanisms underlying na use discrepancies requires research findings support systematically evaluating pregnant migrant womens linguistic skills ensuring access adequate obstetric analgesiarelated information interpretation services