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Table 1 The theoretical framework

From: The association between attendance of midwives and workload of midwives with the mode of birth: secondary analyses in the German healthcare system

 

Variables

Instrument

Proximate indicators of ‘supportive care during labour’

Attendance of midwives

Time documentation tool

Workload of midwives

Outpatient care

Supportive procedures by midwives

Birth documentation tool

Attendance of a midwifery student

Time documentation tool

Attendance of an obstetrician

Shift changes

Satisfaction with the presence of midwives

Postal questionnaire eight weeks postpartum

Partner support helpful

Postal questionnaire eight weeks postpartum

 

(three scales from BBCI)

Midwife-led care

Birth documentation tool

Hospital

Time documentation tool

Admission during daytime

Time documentation tool

 

Birth during daytime

Time documentation tool

Parturient-specific variables

Parity

Hospital-based information system

Length of stay

Time documentation tool

Epidurals and analgesia

Birth documentation tool

Induction of labour

Oxytocin usage

Newborn weight

Hospital-based information system

 

Childbirth preparation class

Postal questionnaire postpartum

Socio-demographic variables

Health insurance

Hospital-based information system

Age

Income

Willingness-to-pay questionnaire in pregnancy

Education

 

Partnership

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