Unplanned Cesarean for Abnormal or Indeterminate Fetal Heart Tracing Varies Significantly by Race and Ethnicity.

Introduction: The US maternity care system achieves worse outcomes for birthing people identifying as Black versus White. Assessment of fetal well-being in labor is an area of perinatal care subject to significant interobserver variability and therefore may be at particular risk of medical racism influencing care.

Methods: Statewide collaborative quality initiative data, focused on decreasing the nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) cesarean birth rate, were used to conduct a retrospective cohort study to assess differences in cesarean birth for nonreassuring fetal status between birthing people identifying as Black compared with White.

Building Community Engagement Capacity in a Transdisciplinary Population Health Research Consortium.

Community engagement has been named a research priority by the National Institutes of Health, and scholars are calling for community engagement as an approach to address racism and equity in science. Robust community-engaged research can improve research quality, increase inclusion of traditionally marginalized populations, broaden the impact of findings on real-life situations, and is particularly valuable for underexplored research topics. The goal of this paper is to describe lessons learned and best practices that emerged from community engagement in a multi-institution population health research consortium.

A Prediction Model for Pelvic Floor Recovery After Vaginal Birth With Risk Factors.

Importance: Although parturients report few postpartum symptoms, birth is clearly associated with future symptom development. The ability to identify asymptomatic at-risk women would facilitate prevention.

Objective: The aim of the study was to develop a model predicting abnormal recovery in women at risk for childbirth-associated pelvic floor injury.

Exploring women's bladder self-care practices: A qualitative secondary analysis.

Aims: To describe women's experiences with a range of bladder self-care practices.

Design: We conducted a secondary, directed content analysis of qualitative data from the Study of Habits, Attitudes, Realities and Experiences, a multisite focus group study designed to explore adolescent and adult women's experiences, perceptions, beliefs, knowledge and behaviours related to bladder health. This study was conducted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium.

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in US Women: Contemporary Prevalence Estimates from the RISE FOR HEALTH Study.

Purpose: We aimed to estimate the prevalence of a wide range of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in US women, and explore associations with bother and discussion with health care providers, friends, and family.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed baseline data collected from May 2022 to December 2023 in the RISE FOR HEALTH study-a large, regionally representative cohort study of adult female community members. LUTS and related bother were measured by the 10-item Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network Symptom Index, and discussion was assessed by a study-specific item.

Association Between Maternal Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Their Primary School-Age Daughters: A Birth Cohort Study.

Purpose: Although maternal depression is associated with adverse outcomes in women and children, its relationship with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in offspring is less well-characterized. We examined the association between prenatal and postpartum maternal depression and LUTS in primary school-age daughters.

Design: Observational cohort study.

Drivers of variation in postpartum opioid prescribing across hospitals participating in a statewide maternity care quality collaborative.

Background: We describe variation in postpartum opioid prescribing across a statewide quality collaborative and assess the proportion due to practitioner and hospital characteristics.

Methods: We assessed postpartum prescribing data from nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex births between January 2020 and June 2021 included in the clinical registry of a statewide obstetric quality collaborative funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics.

Preferences for Public Health Messaging Related to Bladder Health in Adolescent and Adult Women.

The purpose of this analysis was to explore adolescent and adult women's preferences for the content and delivery of public health messaging around bladder health. This was a directed content analysis of focus group data from the Study of Habits, Attitudes, Realities, and Experiences, which explored adolescent and adult women's experiences, perceptions, beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors related to bladder health and function across the life course. This article reports an analysis of the "Public Health Messaging" code, which includes participants' views on what information is needed about bladder health, attributes of messaging, and preferred locations and delivery methods.

Measuring Fear of Childbirth Among a Diverse Population in the United States: A Revised Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Scale (WDEQ-10).

Introduction: The current gold standard instrument used to measure fear of childbirth is the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (WDEQ). However, the existing scale is long, has translational challenges, and lacks data specific to experiences of a diverse population in the United States, making it challenging to assess how fear of childbirth impacts perinatal health care disparities. The objective of this study was to revise the WDEQ and analyze its reliability and validity for use in the United States.

Development of a tool to assess bladder health knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (BH-KAB).

Introduction: Few instruments measure knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) related to bladder health. Existing questionnaires have predominantly focused on KAB related to specific conditions such as urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and other pelvic floor disorders. To address this literature gap, the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) research consortium developed an instrument that is being administered in the baseline assessment of the PLUS RISE FOR HEALTH longitudinal study.

Healthy bladder storage and emptying functions in community-dwelling women measured by a 2-day bladder health diary.

Introduction: The prevalence of healthy bladder storage and emptying function in community-dwelling women is not well established.

Methods: A planned secondary analysis of a US cross-sectional study designed to validate a bladder health instrument was conducted in women aged ≥18 years. A subset was invited to complete the novel 2-day bladder health diary capturing bladder storage and emptying experiences.

Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor at 39 Weeks from a Statewide Collaborative Quality Initiative.

Objective: This article evaluates the impact of adopting a practice of elective induction of labor (eIOL) at 39 weeks among nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) pregnancies in a statewide collaborative.

Study Design: We used data from a statewide maternity hospital collaborative quality initiative to analyze pregnancies that reached 39 weeks without a medical indication for delivery. We compared patients who underwent an eIOL versus those who experienced expectant management.

Sexual Health Behaviors by Age 17 and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms at Age 19: PLUS Research Consortium Analysis of ALSPAC Data.

Purpose: We examined how antecedent sexual health factors affect lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in adolescent women.

Methods: We analyzed 1,941 adolescent women from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children at age 19. At ages 15 and 17, participants reported use of oral contraceptives (OCs), history of sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, and condom use.

Attitudes of Clinicians and Patient Safety Culture Before and After the ARRIVE Trial.

Objective: To assess the attitudes of intrapartum clinicians about elective induction of labor before and after A Randomized Trial of Induction Versus Expectant Management (ARRIVE) and to assess the effect of different attitudes on patient safety culture.

Design: Repeated cross-sectional design.

Setting: Online surveys.

Validation of bladder health scales and function indices for women's research.

Background: Existing bladder-specific measures lack the ability to assess the full range of bladder health, from poor to optimal health.

Objective: This study aimed to report evidence of validity of the self-administered, multidimensional bladder health scales and function indices for research in adult women.

Study Design: A cross-sectional population-based validation study with random assignment to paper or electronic administration was conducted using national address-based probability sampling supplemented by purposive sampling of women with lower urinary tract symptoms in 7 clinical research centers.

Adolescent Women's Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to High School Bathroom Use.

Bathroom access and use in conjunction with biological urge to void is an important part of optimal bladder health. School settings are uniquely positioned to influence the development of bladder habits. The aim of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators to high school bathroom use for adolescent women.