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Table 2 Synthesis of knowledge and thematic coding. Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo, Brazil, 2024

From: Maternal near miss, the voices of health service survivors: a metasynthesis

Initial codes

Intermediate codes

Final codes

Impaired perception of

obstetric risk symptoms

Low perception of the severity of the clinical condition during pregnancy

Factors associated with delay in seeking health care

Low reading literacy

Difficulty in understanding the

guidelines of health professionals

Self-attitude

Personal values

Perception about the services

Religious belief that something will solve the problem

Restrictions and financial costs

Limitations in access to the health services

Absence of health insurance

Perception about the services

Access to health services/transportation barriers

Physical injuries

Immediate experiences

related to MNM

Repercussions of maternal near miss

Feeling of imminent death

Psychological stress

Suffering from being separated from the baby

Post-traumatic stress, mood changes,

depression

Biopsychosocial

impacts associated

with long-term

MNM

Sexual and reproductive health

Social relationships

Inadequate communication from healthcare teams

Health Care Network

Structural and organizational factors of the health care network

Lack of professional qualification to

recognize MNM episodes

Failures in prenatal care

Infrastructure deficiency in health services

Deregulation of means of transport

Disqualification of women’s discomfort

Attitudinal factors of the professional

Discrimination

Occurrence of obstetric violence

  1. Source: Research data, 2024