Specialty | Sex | Age | Professional environment/location | Type of clinical or residential area | Clinical practice in birth centre for low-risk labour care | |
1 | Paediatricians/neonatologist | Male | 60s | Perinatal medical centre/Osaka | Suburban | Experienced |
2 | Paediatricians/neonatologist | Male | 50s | Clinic/Kyoto | Suburban | |
3 | Obstetrician | Female | 40s | University/Kyoto | Urban | |
4 | Obstetrician | Male | 40s | General hospital/Kyoto | Urban | |
5 | Obstetrician | Male | 50s | Clinic/Tokyo | Urban | |
6 | Obstetrician | Male | 40s | University hospital, perinatal medical centre/Nara | Suburban | Experienced |
7 | Midwife | Female | 30s | Local perinatal medical centre/Saitama | Suburban | |
8 | Midwife | Female | 40s | Perinatal medical centre/Shizuoka | Suburban | Experienced |
9 | Midwife | Female | 60’s | University hospital, perinatal medical centre/Nara | Suburban | Experienced |
10 | Midwife | Female | 40s | University hospital, perinatal medical centre/Nara | Suburban | Experienced |
11 | Midwife | Female | 40s | University hospital, perinatal medical centre/Nara | Suburban | Experienced |
12 | Public health specialist | Female | 40s | University/Osaka | Urban | |
13 | Public health specialist | Female | 50s | University/Kyoto | Urban | |
14 | Non-clinician (mother, economist) | Female | 50s | University, Faculty of Economist/Nara | Suburban | |
15 | Non-clinician (mother) | Female | 30s | Association supporting mothers/Hyōgo | Suburban | |
16 | Non-clinician (mother) | Female | 60s | Association supporting mothers/Osaka | Urban |
Those highlighted (numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13 and 14) participated in the original indicator development process.