Table 1.
Respondents' attitudes towards a request for Caesarean delivery for an uncomplicated term pregnancy (weighted proportions).
| Italy (no. 383) | Spain (no. 328) | France (no. 100) | Germany (no. 139) | Netherlands (no. 126) | Luxembourg (no. 15) | UK (no. 163) | Sweden (no. 383) | |||||||||
| % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | |
| Proportion of physicians who would comply with the woman's request for a caesarean delivery because "this is her choice": | ||||||||||||||||
| 55 | (46–64) | 15 | (9–23) | 19 | (14–26) | 75 | (57–87) | 22 | (17–29) | 57 | (33–78) | 79 | (72–85) | 49 | (42–57) | |
| Proportion of physicians indicating the following reasons for compliance with patient's request (*): | ||||||||||||||||
| Out of respect for the woman's autonomy | 93 | (87–97) | 83 | (61–94) | 79 | (62–90) | 95 | (80–99) | 96 | (78–99) | 100 | 97 | (92–99) | 97 | (93–99) | |
| To avoid possible problems of non-compliance during delivery | 45 | (33–58) | 40 | (30–51) | 53 | (33–72) | 49 | (41–58) | 37 | (22–55) | 62 | (50–74) | 33 | (29–37) | 52 | (39–64) |
| To avoid possible legal consequences if something goes wrong | 63 | (54–71) | 81 | (70–89) | 89 | (50–99) | 69 | (59–77) | 30 | (13–53) | 87 | (69–96) | 52 | (40–63) | 31 | (25–37) |
(*) Proportions computed on physicians who would agree to perform a caesarean delivery because it was the woman's choice. More than one reason could be quoted.
Reproduced with permission from BJOG [19]