Table 2 Birth plan presentation by hospital and reasons for non-presentation
Hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | |||
Total | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
Birth plan was presented | N = 422 (%) | 50 (11.8) | 59 (14) | 111 (26.3) | 91 (21.6) | 111 (26.3) | 0.014a |
Yes | 216 (51.2) | 26 (52) | 28 (47.5) | 43 (38.7) | 56 (61.5) * | 63 (56.8) | |
No | 206 (48.8) | 24 (48) | 31 (52.5) | 68 (61.3) | 35 (38.5) | 48 (43.2) | |
Women’s reasons for not presenting a birth plan | N = 206 (%) | 24 (11.7) | 31 (15) | 68 (33) | 35 (17) | 48 (23.3) | 0.19b |
I didn’t think it was necessary | 11 (5.3) | 3 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.4) | 3 (8.6) | 2 (4.2) | |
I forgot | 28 (13.6) | 2 (8.3) | 8 (25.8) | 9 (13.2) | 7 (20) | 2 (4.2) | |
Nurse-midwives didn’t ask me for it | 126 (61.2) | 14 (58.3) | 20 (64.5) | 47 (69.1) | 18 (51.4) | 27 (56.2) | |
Other causes | 41 (19.9) | 5 (20.9) | 3 (9.7) | 9 (13.3) | 7 (20) | 17 (35.4) | |