Consensus on the Structure and Content of Birth Plans: A Modified Delphi Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few pregnant women in France wrote birth plans as in many other countries. The literature stresses the heterogeneity of birth plan content, which limits the utility of assessing the effects of birth plans on women's experience of childbirth. This study aimed to obtain a French national consensus on the structure and content of birth plans.

Methods

A multidisciplinary steering committee was established. An electronic modified Delphi study was conducted to develop a structure and content for birth plans between November 2022 and June 2023. During three Delphi consensus rounds, panellists, including perinatal health care professionals and user representatives, were asked to rate individually and independently each proposed section and subsection formulation of the bi

SUBMITTER: Vendittelli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655921 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature