Table 4 Results of data analysis
From: Spouse’s participation in perinatal care: a qualitative study
Code | Sub-category | Category | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
Understand the situation | Empathetic attention | Emotional understanding | empathy |
Pay attention to the needs of the spouse and child | |||
Control of feelings and emotions | |||
Follow up care | |||
Staying in empathic situations | |||
Receive the feelings of the wife | Encouraging and making hope | ||
Displaying enthusiasm and proper feedback to the spouse | |||
Induction of faith | |||
Reassuring | |||
Compatibility with spouse position | sacrifice | ||
Reduce expectations and demands | |||
Resiliency Exercise | |||
Pre-pregnancy preparation | Readiness | Cognitive understanding | |
Pregnancy Preparation | |||
Preparations during and after childbirth | |||
Commitment | Responsibility | ||
Lack of deposit of responsibility to others | |||
Trying to eliminate negative beliefs | Reforming Attitudes | ||
Creating positive beliefs | |||
Participation in household chores | Tangible support | supporting | accountability |
Participation in the care of children | |||
Material support | |||
Trying to get information related to the situation | Information support | ||
Applying the correct information in related situations | |||
Planning before pregnancy | Planning | Position management | |
Planning for birthday | |||
Managing the exposure to unexpected situations | Management | ||
Creating balance between indoors and outdoors | |||
Tension management | |||
Positive interventions in risky situations | Proper interaction | Compassion | |
Action to reduce the spouse’s suffering and worries | |||
Active participation in prenatal care | Dynamic presence | ||
Accompany during childbirth | |||
Active participation in postpartum care | |||
Intellectual intimacy | Intimacy | Help improve family function | consequences |
Sexual intimacy | |||
Emotional intimacy | |||
Timely intimacy | |||
Spiritual intimacy | |||
Psycho-emotional security | Security | ||
Economic security | |||
Communication security | |||
Flexibility | Solidarity | ||
Correlation | |||
Maintaining the dignity in the family | Respect | ||
Maintaining the social position | |||
Self-esteem | |||
Mental health | Maternal health | Improve maternal-neonatal health | |
Physical health | |||
Social health | |||
Secure attachment | Neonatal health | ||
Desirable evolution | |||
Desirable growth |