Publications by authors named "Melek Balcik Colak"

In this study, the aim was to evaluate the preferences and experiences interventions among women in Turkey. A total of 347 women who gave birth vaginally participated in this analytical cross-sectional study. Data were collected using the face-to-face interview technique in the clinic rooms within the first 24 hours after delivery, when the women's babies were asleep, allowing the mothers to comfortably answer the questions before discharge.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: Perineal traumas occurring during labor are undesirable for both the midwives and the woman. Midwives and obstetricians could use different techniques to protect the perineum.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the practices of midwives working in the delivery room to protect the perineum during the second stage of labor.

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Our aim to conduct the study was to investigate the effects of the time of pregnant women's admission to the labor ward on the labor process and interventions. This study is a two-group, prospective, analytical study. Groups were determined according to their cervical dilation levels.

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