Abstract
This study aimed to investigate whether medical care and health services provided during pregnancy and childbirth influence the satisfaction with pregnancy and childbirth in Japanese mothers residing in the UK. The participants (N=41) were members of the Japanese child-rearing group in London, UK, who had experienced antenatal to postpartum care in the UK. The questionnaire contained the background of the Japanese mothers residing in the UK, pregnancy and childbirth, difficulties in the UK's hospital visiting, satisfaction with health care service, adviser and evaluation scales for pregnancy and childbirth. Almost all participants consulted their Japanese friends residing in the UK, or husbands/partners, and they obtained the information on pregnancy and childbirth from the Internet written in Japanese and Japanese friends who were living and had experienced childbirth in the UK. Approximately 80% of Japanese mothers were satisfied with pre-natal clinic and childbirth in the UK. They were satisfied with the health care provided by midwife and home visiting service after discharge from the hospital. The satisfaction with pre-natal clinics in Japanese mother residing was related to intercultural understanding, while the satisfaction with childbirth was related to understanding of medical system, cross-cultural understanding and trust of medical stuff.
Highlights
IntroductionThe number of Japanese residents abroad has increased yearly with the globalization of society such as working abroad and international marriage, with the UK having the sixth largest increase after the United States, China, Australia, Thailand, and Canada [1].The Annual Report of Participants included 41 Japanese mothers residing in London, the UK who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth, and child-rearing younger than 5 years old
Health care on the general practitioner (GP) and National Health Service (NHS) were evaluated as either “good” or “bad.” Another health care on perinatal clinics and childbirth were evaluated according to the five-grade system: “very satisfied,” “satisfied,” “neither,” “dissatisfied,” and “very dissatisfied.” “very satisfied,” and “satisfied” were grouped as “satisfaction” and “neither,” and “dissatisfied,” and “very dissatisfied” were grouped as “dissatisfaction.” Regarding the evaluation on the experience of pregnancy and childbirth, we investigated the difficulty in accessing the UK’s hospital and the advisers and the source of information during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum and satisfaction with health care service
80% of Japanese mothers were satisfied with pre-natal clinics and childbirth in the UK
Summary
The number of Japanese residents abroad has increased yearly with the globalization of society such as working abroad and international marriage, with the UK having the sixth largest increase after the United States, China, Australia, Thailand, and Canada [1].The Annual Report of Participants included 41 Japanese mothers residing in London, the UK who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth, and child-rearing younger than 5 years old. The purpose of this study was explained to a representative of the Japanese child-rearing group, NAKAYOSHI-KAI (NAKAYOSHI-KAI is Japanese child-rearing self-help group in London) in the UK, who eventually approved this study. We explained the purpose of this study to Japanese mothers who participated at a child-rearing event of NAKAYOSHI-KAI held in London and distributed self-reported questionnaire using the postal method. A total of 41 participants were collected (collection rate was 75.9%)
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