Table 1.
Characteristics of participant hospitals (n=19)
| Variables | Hospitals N (%), mean (SD), median (range)† |
| Type of institution | |
| Maternity | 7 (37%) |
| General hospital | 12 (63%) |
| Number of beds * | |
| Obstetrics | 44 (1–93) |
| Neonatal intensive care unit | 18 (1–50) |
| Number of delivery rooms or units of labour, delivery and recovery* | 6 (1–16) |
| Number of live births | 52 633 2355 (1025–9633)* |
| Caesarean sections (CS) | |
| Number of CS | 21 102 |
| CS rate* | 37.2 (27–50) |
| Protocol for vaginal delivery after CS | 15 (83%) |
| Residency programme | |
| OB/GYNs | 18 (90%) |
| Midwives | 7 (36%) |
| Number of professionals* | |
| OB/GYNs | 20 (2–67) |
| Residents* | 13 (0–31) |
| Midwives* | 12 (0–30) |
| Number of professionals/1000 live births* | |
| OB/GYNs | 7 (1–23) |
| Residents | 5.8 (0–15) |
| Midwives | 2.8 (0–18) |
| Midwives’ availability (24/7) | 13 (68%) |
| Midwives participating in low-risk births | 9 (45%) |
| Pain management interventions | |
| Access to non-opioids | 10 (52%) |
| Access to epidural (24/7) | 9 (47.4%) |
| Access to opioids | 12 (63%) |
| Relaxation techniques | 4 (21.1%) |
| Access to hot shower | 9 (47.4%) |
| Access to massages | 3 (15.2%) |
| Access to companionship (24/7) | |
| During labour | 14 (73%) |
| During delivery | 16 (84%) |
| During CS | 2 (10%) |
| Availability of prenatal education (morning, afternoon, Monday–Friday) | 1 (5.5%) |
*Median (range).
†Data are shown as N (%) unless otherwise indicated.
OB/GYN, Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.