Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping

Lisa Peberdy; Jeanine Young; Debbie Massey; Lauren Kearney

doi:10.1111/birt.12647

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Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping

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Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping

Lisa Peberdy, Jeanine Young, Debbie Massey and Lauren Kearney

Birth (Berkeley, Calif.), Vol.49(4), pp.595-615

12/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12647

PMID: 35582849

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placental transfusion

obstetricians

midwives

integrative review

cord clamping

Background Umbilical cord clamp timing has implications for newborn health, which include increased iron stores up to 6 months of age. National and International cord clamping guidelines differ as do health professionals' practices. The rationale for differences in cord clamping practice is unclear. Aims and objective Studies on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals about cord clamp timing were synthesized. Similarities and differences between professional groups and understanding of the optimal timing of cord clamp timing for term newborns were compared. Methods An integrative review was undertaken. PubMed, Scopus, MIDIRS, CINAHL, and Google Scholar were searched. Publication date limits were set between January 2007 and December 2020. Quality appraisal was undertaken using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) tools. Results Eighteen studies met inclusion criteria, as they included primary research studies that investigated maternity health care professionals' knowledge, attitudes, and practices about umbilical cord clamping, and were written in English. Four main subject areas were identified: a) knowledge of optimal cord clamp timing; b) attitudes and perceptions of early vs deferred cord clamping; c) cord clamping practice; and d) rationale for cord clamping practice. Conclusions Different attitudes and practices were identified between midwifery and medical professionals in relation to cord clamp timing together with health professional knowledge and practice gaps pertaining to optimal cord clamp timing. Contemporary evidence should inform guidelines for clinical practice and be embedded into maternity health professional curricula and professional development programs.

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Title: Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping
Creators: Lisa Peberdy - University of the Sunshine Coast
Jeanine Young - University of the Sunshine Coast
Debbie Massey - Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Lauren Kearney - University of Queensland
Publication Details: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.), Vol.49(4), pp.595-615
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Identifiers: 991013036351202368
Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Birth published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Academic Unit: Faculty of Health; Nursing
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping

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