title: Living with uncertainty: a Swedish qualitative interview study of women at home on sick leave due to premature labour.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to highlight the experiences of pregnant women, experiencing preterm labour, being on sick leave at home and how they handled their daily life.
  
  
  METHODS
  qualitative, descriptive using open interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 antenatal clinics in the south of Sweden.
  
  
  METHODS
  15 pregnant women who were on sick leave for premature labour.
  
  
  RESULTS
  four categories were identified: how to interpret unpredictable contractions in the uterus? Having concern regarding premature labour of their child, handling the new situation and finding a balance, and from work to sick leave.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  to be on sick leave for premature contractions can be compared with enduring a situation of inactivity. The woman finds herself in a stressful situation which she must learn to handle this and find a balance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  it appears that supportive information offers the women in premature labour the opportunity of increased participation and responsibility which thereby positively affects her well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University of Lund, Faculty of Medicine, Borgåslingan 46, Lund, Sweden. eva.i.hoglund@telia.com
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Höglund
authors.forename: Anna-Karin
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dykes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk / Q000523:psychology; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013548:Sweden; D035501:Uncertainty; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000523:psychology*