Factors influencing women's perceptions of choice and control during pregnancy and birth: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women across the world value choice and control throughout their maternity care experiences. In response to this health policy and frameworks are adapting and developing. The concepts of choice and control are extrinsically complex and open to interpretation by healthcare professionals and service users, with the two not necessarily aligning. Depending on a number of factors, women's experiences of choice and control within the same maternity care system may be very different. This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing women's perceptions of choice and control during pregnancy and birth in Ireland.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using an adapted version of the UK national maternity experience survey (National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit)

SUBMITTER: Leahy-Warren P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8487111 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature