Authors
Michael C Klein, Janusz Kaczorowski, Wendy A Hall, William Fraser, Robert M Liston, Sahba Eftekhary, Rollin Brant, Louise C Mâsse, Jessica Rosinski, Azar Mehrabadi, Nazli Baradaran, Jocelyn Tomkinson, Sharon Dore, Patricia C McNiven, Lee Saxell, Kathie Lindstrom, Jalana Grant, Aoife Chamberlaine
Publication date
2009/9/1
Journal
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada
Volume
31
Issue
9
Pages
827-840
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Objective
Collaborative, interdisciplinary care models have the potential to improve maternity care. Differing attitudes of maternity care providers may impede this process. We sought to examine the attitudes of Canadian maternity care practitioners towards labour and birth.
Methods
We performed a cross-sectional web- and paper-based survey of 549 obstetricians, 897 family physicians (400 antepartum only, 497 intrapartum), 545 nurses, 400 midwives, and 192 doulas.
Results
Participants responded to 43 Likert-type attitudinal questions. Nine themes were identified: electronic fetal monitoring, epidural analgesia, episiotomy, doula roles, Caesarean section benefits, factors decreasing Caesarean section rates, maternal choice, fear of vaginal birth, and safety of birth mode and place. Obstetrician scores reflected positive attitudes towards use of technology, in contrast to midwives’ and doulas’ scores. Family …
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MC Klein, J Kaczorowski, WA Hall, W Fraser, RM Liston… - Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada, 2009