Table 1.
Characteristics | Categories | n (%) |
---|---|---|
Year of birth | 2020 | 1311 (65.0) |
2021 | 632 (31.3) | |
2022 | 65 (3.2) | |
Missing | 9 (0.4) | |
Maternal country of birth | Italy | 1922 (95.3) |
Other | 95 (4.7) | |
Maternal age (years) | 18–24 | 40 (2.0) |
25–30 | 409 (20.3) | |
31–35 | 878 (43.5) | |
36–39 | 499 (24.7) | |
≥40 | 191 (9.5) | |
Education levela | None | 0 (0.0) |
Elementary school | 1 (0.0) | |
Junior High school | 70 (3.5) | |
High School | 743 (36.8) | |
University degree | 590 (29.3) | |
Postgraduate degree/Master’s/Doctorate | 611 (30.3) | |
Missing | 2 (0.1) | |
Parity | 1 | 1467 (72.7) |
>1 | 550 (27.3) | |
Type of hospital | Public | 1887 (93.6) |
Private | 130 (6.4) | |
Mode of birth | Spontaneous vaginal | 1250 (62.0) |
Instrumental vaginal | 170 (8.4) | |
Cesarean section | 597 (29.6) | |
Infant feeding | Exclusive breastfeeding | 1293 (64.1) |
Partial breastfeeding | 616 (30.5) | |
Formula | 108 (5.4) | |
Companion allowed to stay | Always/nearly always | 287 (14.2) |
Sometimes | 451 (22.4) | |
Never/almost never | 1279 (63.4) | |
Type of healthcare providers who directly assisted birthb | Midwife | 1740 (86.3) |
Nurse | 508 (25.2) | |
A student (e.g. before graduation) | 104 (5.2) | |
Obstetrics registrar/medical resident (under postgraduation training) | 314 (15.6) | |
Obstetrics and gynecology doctor | 1129 (56.0) | |
I don’t know (healthcare providers did not introduce themselves) | 213 (10.6) | |
Other | 158 (7.8) | |
Other conditions | Newborn admission in ICU/SCBU | 211 (10.5) |
Maternal admission in ICU | 5 (0.2) | |
Multiple birth | 25 (1.2) |
Wording on education level agreed among partners during the Delphi. Questionnaire translated and back-translated according to ISPOR Task Force for Translation and Cultural Adaptation Principles of Good Practice.
More than one possible answer. ICU: intensive care unit. SCBU: special care baby unit.