Clinical trial NCT03131830: Individual Choice of Delivery Mode
Official title: Individual Choice of Delivery Mode - A Prospective Study Using Online Surveys
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Delivery Mode
Lead sponsor: University Hospital Tuebingen
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Deutsches Beckenbodenzentrum, Berlin, Germany
name: Universitätsfrauenklinik, Heidelberg, Germany
name: University of Michigan
First posted: 2017-04-27
Enrollment: 2605
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: 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.

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants in the "medical professionals" group can be from either gender, over age 18, currently working in the medical profession and have sufficient understanding of the German language in order to be able to fill out the questionnaire.

The "non-professionals" are pregnant females over age 18 with sufficient understanding of the German language in order to be able to fill out the questionnaire.

Brief summary: 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: 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* able to fill out a questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

* minor people

Primary outcomes:
measure: Delivery mode
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Tübingen
country: Germany
facility: University Women's Hospital
Study officials:
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