Table 4 Descriptive statistics of obtained by the Mother’s Autonomy in Decision Making (MADM) scale for both scoring the relation with the midwife and the obstetrician
From: Women’s view on shared decision making and autonomy in childbirth: cohort study of Belgian women
Variable | Mean ± SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
MADM Score for midwife | MADM Score for obstetrician | |||
Patient characteristics | ||||
Age at giving birth | ||||
≥ 18 to 29 years | 29.0 | ± 10.3 | 17.9 ± | 6.8 |
≥ 30 to 34 years | 29.7 | ± 10.6 | 18.8 ± | 7.7 |
≥ 35 years | 30.1 | ± 9.9 | 20.2 ± | 6.9 |
Education | ||||
No education, primary education or secondary education | 31.4 | ± 9.9 | 17.4 ± | 6.0 |
Bachelor degree | 29.9 | ± 10.2 | 17.7 ± | 7.0 |
Master degree | 27.8 | ± 10.6 | 19.9 ± | 7.7 |
Parity | ||||
1 | 28.8 | ± 10.6 | 18.1 ± | 7.4 |
2 | 29.6 | ± 10.1 | 19.0 ± | 7.1 |
≥ 3 | 31.2 | ± 9.7 | 19.0 ± | 6.6 |
Obstetrical characteristics | ||||
Length of gestation | ||||
≤ 37 weeks | 28.4 | ± 11.1 | 18.5 ± | 6.3 |
≥ 38–40 weeks | 28.7 | ± 10.1 | 18.5 ± | 7.3 |
> 40 weeks | 30.8 | ± 10.3 | 18.4 ± | 7.4 |
Mode of birth | ||||
Naturally | 29.7 | ± 10.8 | 18.2 ± | 7.1 |
Vacuum | 28.4 | ± 9.0 | 21.3 ± | 6.0 |
Primary c-section | 29.5 | ± 9.8 | 17.9 ± | 7.3 |
Secondary c-section | 27.2 | ± 11.1 | 20.6 ± | 7.4 |
Epidural analgesia | ||||
Yes | 28.9 | ± 10.0 | 19.2 ± | 7.2 |
No | 30.1 | ± 10.8 | 17.3 ± | 7.1 |
Complications | ||||
Complications during labour (woman and/or baby) | ||||
Yes | 26.6 | ± 10.9 | 17.6 ± | 7.4 |
No | 30.5 | ± 9.9 | 18.8 ± | 7.1 |
Complications during birth (woman and/or baby) | ||||
Yes | 27.9 | ± 10.4 | 17.6 ± | 7.4 |
No | 30.0 | ± 10.3 | 18.8 ± | 7.1 |
Complications after birth (woman and/or baby) | ||||
Yes | 26.9 | ± 10.1 | 17.5 ± | 7.2 |
No | 30.0 | ± 10.4 | 18.7 ± | 7.2 |
Preparation to child birth | ||||
‘I felt sufficiently prepared for the birth’ | ||||
Agree | 30.4 | ± 10.1 | 18.8 ± | 6.9 |
Neutral | 27.7 | ± 9.9 | 17.5 ± | 7.5 |
Don’t Agree | 22.4 | ± 10.5 | 16.4 ± | 8.7 |
‘The given information fulfilled my needs’ | ||||
Agree | 30.5 | ± 10.0 | 18.9 ± | 6.9 |
Neutral | 27.3 | ± 10.0 | 17.0 ± | 7.2 |
Don’t Agree | 21.6 | ± 10.8 | 16.1 ± | 8.8 |
‘The quality of the provided information was good’ | ||||
Agree | 30.8 | ± 9.7 | 18.9 ± | 6.8 |
Neutral | 24.0 | ± 10.4 | 16.0 ± | 7.6 |
Don’t Agree | 20.5 | ± 11.2 | 17.2 ± | 10.3 |
‘I have received sufficient information about the normal course of childbirth’ | ||||
Agree | 30.9 | ± 9.8 | 19.2 ± | 7.0 |
Neutral | 25.2 | ± 10.0 | 16.5 ± | 6.5 |
Don’t Agree | 21.0 | ± 10.2 | 14.9 ± | 8.1 |