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Table 1 Semi-structured topic guide used in focus groups

From: Exploring women’s experiences of participation in shared decision-making during childbirth: a qualitative study at a reference hospital in Spain

Topic

Questions

Experience of birth care

1. What did you think was useful and not useful during the antenatal classes for yourself and for your partner?

2. What skills do you think a woman and her partner should learn for childbirth and immediate postpartum?

3. How did you feel during childbirth? How do you think your partner felt? What role do you think healthcare professionals had in making you feel this way?

4. What do you think about birth plans? Did you use one?

Quality of information and treatment received

5. What is your opinion about the information that healthcare professionals gave you during childbirth?

6. How would you describe the treatment that you received from healthcare professionals in childbirth?

Opportunities for improvement regarding participation

7. What do you consider that healthcare professionals should know about you to provide you the best quality of care during childbirth?

8. What skills do you believe that a healthcare professional should have to provide you the best quality of care during childbirth?

9. If you think of your childbirth and the decisions you made, how do you think this participation could be improved?

10. What do you think that healthcare professionals should do to promote women’s participation in decision-making during childbirth?