Comparative of the questionnaire results per items of the subscales ‘pain in labour’, ‘pain after delivery’, ‘environment’, ‘control’ and ‘general satisfaction’ (significant results in bold)
| Models of birth | Biomedical model | Humanised model | p Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA N (%) | A N (%) | D N (%) | TD N (%) | TA N (%) | A N (%) | D N (%) | TD N (%) | ||
| Pain in labour | |||||||||
| I should have been offered something more to relieve my labour pains. | 31 (15.4) | 29 (14.4) | 85 (42.3) | 56 (27.9) | 21 (10.4) | 26 (12.9) | 69 (34.2) | 86 (42.6) | 0.018 |
| I got excellent pain relief in labour. | 107 (52.7) | 65 (32) | 12 (5.9) | 19 (9.4) | 115 (56.9) | 59 (29.2) | 16 (7.9) | 12 (5.9) | 0.435 |
| More pain relief would have made my labour easier. | 22 (11) | 37 (18.5) | 75 (37.5) | 66 (33) | 26 (12.9) | 23 (11.4) | 61 (30.2) | 92 (45.5) | 0.025 |
| Pain after delivery | |||||||||
| I should have been offered something more to relieve the pains I had after my baby was born.* | 15 (7.4) | 23 (11.3) | 104 (51.2) | 61 (30) | 9 (4.5) | 20 (9.9) | 76 (37.6) | 97 (48) | 0.003 |
| I was in a fair bit of pain immediately after the birth.* | 29 (14.2) | 62 (30.4) | 62 (30.4) | 51 (25) | 41 (20.3) | 73 (36.1) | 44 (21.8) | 44 (21.8) | 0.089 |
| I didn't need a lot of pain relief after the birth. | 63 (31) | 79 (38.9) | 43 (21.2) | 18 (8.9) | 91 (45.3) | 76 (37.8) | 26 (12.9) | 8 (4) | 0.004 |
| Environment | |||||||||
| My birth room was a little impersonal and clinical. | 24 (11.8) | 47 (23.2) | 89 (43.8) | 43 (21.2) | 15 (7.5) | 19 (9.5) | 80 (39.8) | 87 (43.3) | 0.0005 |
| The area where I gave birth was very pleasant and relaxing.* | 54 (26.5) | 82 (40.2) | 58 (28.4) | 10 (4.9) | 97 (48) | 77 (38.1) | 23 (11.4) | 5 (2.5) | 0.0005 |
| Control | |||||||||
| Everyone seemed to tell me what to do in labour. | 135 (66.5) | 56 (27.6) | 9 (4.4) | 3 (1.5) | 142 (70.3) | 54 (26.7) | 4 (2) | 2 (1) | 0.506 |
| Labour was just a matter of doing what I was told by my carers. | 103 (51.5) | 67 (33.5) | 22 (11) | 8 (4) | 101 (50.8) | 67 (33.7) | 22 (11.1) | 9 (4.5) | 0.995 |
| General satisfaction | |||||||||
| The way my labour care was provided could not have been improved. | 112 (54.9) | 64 (31.4) | 16 (7.8) | 12 (5.9) | 123 (60.9) | 66 (32.7) | 10 (5) | 3 (1.5) | 0.062 |
| I am satisfied with just one or two things about the labour care that I received.* | 28 (13.8) | 21 (10.3) | 86 (42.4) | 68 (33.5) | 15 (7.4) | 11 (5.4) | 67 (33.2) | 109 (54) | 0.0005 |
*Items which contribute more to the discrimination of the two models of maternity care.
A, agree; D, disagree; TA, totally agree; TD, totally disagree.