Table 5 Permission for cesarean (N = 244) or episiotomy (N = 257), representative sample
Yes, they asked and I gave my permission. | No, they did not ask my permission. | I refused the procedure, but they still did it. | I don’t remember | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesarean | Episiotomy | Cesarean | Episiotomy | Cesarean | Episiotomy | Cesarean | Episiotomy | |
Chosen doctor in a private practice (%) | 72 (91.1) | 25 (35.2) | 5 (6.3) | 42 (59.2) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.5) | 3 (4.2) |
Chosen doctor in a state institute (%) | 79 (90.8) | 27 (35.5) | 6 (6.) | 45 (59.2) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.3) | 4 (5.2) |
Chosen hospital midwife in a private or state clinic (%) | 4 (57.1) | 7 (41.2) | 2 (28.6) | 9 (52.9) | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3) | 1 (5.9) |
I did not choose a doctor, just went to my local clinic (%) | 37 (72.6) | 16 (24.2) | 9 (17.7) | 46 (69.7) | 1 (2.00) | 1 (1.5) | 4 (7.8) | 3 (4.6) |
District public health nurse (%) | 14 (70.0) | 8 (29.6) | 6 (30.0) | 18 (66.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.7) |
Total (%) | 206 (84.5) | 83 (32.6) | 28 (11.4) | 160 (62.0) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | 9 (3.7) | 12 (4.7) |
MADM score Mean (SD) | 26.9 (7.5) | 28.1 (6.5) | 19.0 (5.7) | 22.3 (8.3) | – | 23.5 (12.0) | 18.4 (7.1) | 23.7 (7.9) |