| 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 (%) | ||
| Professional support | |||||||||
| All my labour carers were very supportive. | 147 (72.1) | 53 (26) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 173 (85.6) | 29 (14.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.001 |
| Carers always listened very, very carefully to everything that I had to say. | 143 (70.1) | 56 (27.5) | 4 (2) | 1 (0.5) | 173 (85.6) | 29 (14.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.001 |
| During labour, there was always a carer to explain things so that I could understand. | 146 (71.6) | 46 (22.5) | 9 (4.4) | 3 (1.5) | 158 (78.2) | 39 (19.3) | 4 (2) | 1 (0.5) | 0.265 |
| All my carers treated me in the most friendly and courteous manner possible.* | 150 (73.5) | 43 (21.1) | 9 (4.4) | 2 (1) | 181 (89.6) | 21 (10.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.0005 |
| My carers couldn't have been more helpful. | 153 (75) | 50 (24.5) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 175 (86.6) | 27 (13.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.009 |
| Expectations | |||||||||
| My labour went totally normally,* | 103 (51) | 76 (37.6) | 16 (7.9) | 7 (3.5) | 117 (58.2) | 59 (29.4) | 19 (9.5) | 6 (3) | 0.339 |
| The labour went nearly exactly as I had hoped that it would. | 68 (33.7) | 77 (38.1) | 34 (16.8) | 23 (11.4) | 97 (48.3) | 55 (27.4) | 27 (13.4) | 22 (10.9) | 0.022 |
| The delivery went almost completely as I had hoped that it would. | 63 (31) | 71 (35) | 47 (23.2) | 22 (10.8) | 94 (46.8) | 55 (27.4) | 40 (19.9) | 12 (6) | 0.009 |
| My labour was just about the right length. | 90 (44.6) | 79 (39.1) | 17 (21.1) | 16 (7.9) | 105 (52.2) | 56 (27.9) | 25 (20.9) | 15 (7.5) | 0.085 |
| Holding baby | |||||||||
| I got to see my baby at exactly the right time after she/he was born. | 189 (92.6) | 14 (6.9) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 192 (95.5) | 6 (3) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1) | 0.158 |
| After my baby was born, I was not given him/her quite as soon as I wanted. | 17 (8.4) | 19 (9.4) | 51 (25.1) | 116 (57.1) | 15 (7.5) | 31 (15.4) | 7 (3.5) | 148 (73.6) | 0.002 |
| I needed to hold my baby a little earlier than I did. | 14 (6.9) | 24 (11.9) | 52 (25.7) | 112 (55.4) | 14 (7) | 9 (4.5) | 37 (18.4) | 141 (70.1) | 0.005 |
| Support from husband | |||||||||
| My birth partner/husband helped me to understand what was going on when I was in labour. | 115 (58.7) | 62 (31.6) | 16 (8.2) | 3 (1.5) | 146 (72.6) | 38 (18.9) | 11 (5.5) | 6 (3) | 0.010 |
| My birth partner/husband couldn't have supported me any better. | 163 (81.9) | 30 (15.1) | 4 (2) | 2 (1) | 182 (90.5) | 18 (9) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 0.039 |
| I could have had a bit more help from my birth partner/husband. | 116 (59.5) | 46 (23.6) | 11 (5.6) | 22 (11.3) | 137 (67.8) | 34 (16.8) | 12 (5.9) | 19 (9.4) | 0.298 |
*Items which contribute more to the discrimination of the two models of maternity care.
A, agree; D, disagree; TA, totally agree; TD, totally disagree.