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Table 5 Linear mixed-effects model estimates for the MADM scores after backwards model selection

From: Women’s view on shared decision making and autonomy in childbirth: cohort study of Belgian women

Variable

Β estimate

±

SD

T value

P value

Healtcare provider

    

< 0.001

 Obstetrician

Ref.

  

 Midwife

10.889

±

0.452

24.082

< 0.001

LAS

0.068

±

0.023

2.934

0.003

PCQ

0.490

±

0.047

10.352

< 0.001

Epidural analgesia

    

0.026

 No

Ref.

  

 Yes

1.114

±

0.500

2.227

0.026

‘I have received sufficient information about the normal course of childbirth’

    

< 0.001

 Agree

Ref.

  

 Neutral

−1.504

±

0.724

−2.077

0.038

 Don’t agree

−4.070

±

0.863

−4.716

< 0.001

  1. LAS Labour Agentry Scale, PCQ Pregnancy and Childbirth Questionnaire