Individual Choice of Delivery Mode

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Delivery Mode
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Online-based questionnaire

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2605

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Tübingen, Germany, 72076
    • University Women's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• 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.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• able to fill out a questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• minor people

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

4

Cohorts and Interventions

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Women's Hospital Tübingen
• Collaborators: University of Michigan; Deutsches Beckenbodenzentrum, Berlin, Germany; Universitätsfrauenklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): April 27, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 17, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 16, 2018
• Last Verified: April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: DECISION

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No