Table 4.
Prevalence of decision-making approaches by procedure
| |
Informed |
Uninformed |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procedure | Decided | Consulted | Unconsulted | Decided | Consulted | Unconsulted |
| Ultrasound scan |
936 (27.2%) |
805 (23.4%) |
41 (1.2%) |
586 (17.0%) |
754 (21.9%) |
320 (9.3%) |
| Blood test |
770 (22.4%) |
1171 (34.1%) |
57 (1.7%) |
303 (8.8%) |
713 (20.7%) |
423 (12.3%) |
| Induction of labour |
232 (27.1%) |
440 (51.3%) |
20 (2.3%) |
24 (2.8%) |
68 (7.9%) |
73 (8.5%) |
| Pre-labour caesarean |
350 (48.3%) |
328 (45.2%) |
21 (2.9%) |
10 (1.4%) |
11 (1.5%) |
5 (0.7%) |
| Vaginal examination |
284 (11.8%) |
661 (27.4%) |
18 (0.7%) |
179 (7.4%) |
955 (39.6%) |
314 (13.0%) |
| Fetal monitoring |
220 (8.9%) |
1,124 (45.5%) |
214 (8.7%) |
33 (1.3%) |
417 (16.9%) |
464 (18.8%) |
| Post-labour caesarean |
127 (24.5%) |
308 (59.5%) |
27 (5.2%) |
12 (2.3%) |
27 (5.2%) |
17 (3.3%) |
| Epidural analgesia |
677 (69.5%) |
182 (18.7%) |
7 (0.7%) |
73 (7.5%) |
23 (2.4%) |
12 (1.2%) |
| Episiotomy | 33 (7.8%) | 175 (41.6%) | 34 (8.1%) | 2 (0.5%) | 66 (15.7%) | 111 (26.4%) |
Note. Frequencies here may not sum to the totals provided in Table 2 due to occasional cases of missing data.