Individual Choice of Delivery Mode

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The primary aim of the study is to investigate personal attitudes regarding mode of delivery among both medical health care professionals and non-professionals. The investigators are also investigating whether providing detailed information that might influence one's decision regarding mode of delivery (such as education on pelvic floor disorders or advantages or disadvantages of epidural anaesthesia) will change participants´ opinion how to determine their preferred mode of delivery.

Detailed Description
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The choice of delivery mode is an individual decision that is affected by personal opinions and feelings about what might be best for one's own body and child. Increasing awareness about the risks of vaginal delivery has led to an increasing rate of cesearean delivery on maternal request. The primary aim of the study is to investigate personal attitudes regarding mode of delivery among both medical health care professionals and non-professionals. The investigators are also investigating whether providing detailed information that might influence one's decision regarding mode of delivery (such as education on pelvic floor disorders or advantages or disadvantages of epidural anaesthesia) will change participants´ opinion how to determine their preferred mode of delivery. A secondary aim of the survey is to gather information about personal attitudes regarding: epidural anaesthesia for pain relief during delivery systems of risk stratification postnatal recovery exercises The data will be acquired with an online questionnaire designed for this study. There will be two groups in this study. The first group (medical professionals) consists of gynecologists with either subspecialization (urogynecology , fetal and maternal medicine, obstetrics, other) and other non-OB/GYN health care providers and medical staff, regardless whether they are nurses, medical assistants, physicians, physiotherapists, midwifes, administration staff. The group of non-professionals consists of women who are currently pregnant, and are not healthcare professionals.

Official Title
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Individual Choice of Delivery Mode - A Prospective Study Using Online Surveys

Conditions
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Delivery Mode

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Online-based questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: able to fill out a questionnaire Exclusion Criteria: minor people

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Staff of the University Clinic of Tuebingen<br>Online-based questionnaire | Other: Online-based questionnaire<br>* Participants receive a web-link to a questionnaire, which is active for 3 months<br>|
| Participants of the 9th German Urogynecological Congress<br>Online-based questionnaire | Other: Online-based questionnaire<br>* Participants receive a web-link to a questionnaire, which is active for 3 months<br>|
| All members of the German Society of Obsetrics and Gynecology<br>Online-based questionnaire | Other: Online-based questionnaire<br>* Participants receive a web-link to a questionnaire, which is active for 3 months<br>|
| Pregnant women from Tübingen and Heidelberg<br>Online-based questionnaire | Other: Online-based questionnaire<br>* Participants receive a web-link to a questionnaire, which is active for 3 months<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Delivery mode | Choice of delivery mode | 3 months |