Objective: At St. Olav's University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, "Midwife Home" (MH) is an integrated home-based postnatal service for mothers who want early discharge (i.e. 6-24 h) after giving birth. The purpose of our study was to evaluate MH by (1) describing the characteristics of mother-newborn pairs followed up by MH to investigate whether the service has an appropriate target group; (2) describing the number and causes of possible readmissions for safety; (3) investigating whether MH follows the criteria set for the service; and (4) exploring whether the service facilitates continuity of care.
Methods: Following a cross-sectional design, we collected data from medical records at St. Olav's University Hospital.
Results: In the 212 mother-newborn pairs investigated, most mothers had a high level of education, were multiparous, had vaginal delivery, did not experience postpartum haemorrhage exceeding 500 mL, experienced first-degree or no perineal tear and started breastfeeding before discharge from hospital. Most newborns had a birthweight of 3000-4000 g and an APGAR score exceeding 7 after 5 min. Within the first six weeks postpartum, 1.4 % of the mothers and 2.3 % of the newborns were readmitted.
Conclusion: Mothers who choose follow-up by MH represent a homogeneous group of healthy, highly educated multiparous mothers with uncomplicated births and healthy newborns. The low number of readmissions imply that MH is a safe service, and that the target group is appropriate.
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