The contribution of birth plans to shared decision-making from the perspectives of women, their partners and their healthcare providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The birth plan is a document expressing a pregnant woman's childbirth preferences, enabling communication of expectations and facilitating discussions among women, their partners, and healthcare providers for key birthing decisions. There has been limited research on the role of birth plans in shared decision-making (SDM). Our study aims to explore how the use of birth plans can contribute to SDM from women's, partners, and healthcare providers' perspectives.

Methods

We conducted in-depth interviews with women, their partners, and their healthcare providers. We used a thematic analysis to identify themes and subthemes. Furthermore, we created a grounded theory about the role of birth plans as a tool in SDM.

Results

Three main themes were created: ''Creating

SUBMITTER: Shareef N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11207161 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature