Table 4 Mistreatment indicators, stratified by maternal race (n = 2138)
|  | Black n = 320 | Hispanic n = 188 | Indigenous n = 64 | Asian n = 90 | Women of colour n = 682 | White n = 1416 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Your private or personal information was shared without your consent | 2 (0.6) | 5 (2.7) | 2 (3.1) | 0 (0) | 9 (1.3) | 17 (1.2) |
Your physical privacy was violated (i.e., being uncovered or having people in the delivery room without your consent) | 27 (8.4) | 12 (6.4) | 6 (9.4) | 7 (7.8) | 52 (7.6) | 62 (4.4) |
Health care providers (doctors, midwives, or nurses) shouted at or scolded you | 35Â (10.9) | 30 (16.0) | 10 (15.6) | 9Â (10.0) | 87 (12.8) | 90 (6.4) |
HCPs threatened to withhold treatment or to force you to accept treatment you did not want | 21 (6.6) | 11 (5.9) | 7 (10.9) | 6 (6.7) | 45 (6.6) | 51 (3.6) |
Health care providers threatened you in any other way | 6 (1.9) | 8 (4.3) | 3 (4.7) | 1 (1.1) | 18 (2.6) | 26 (1.8) |
Health care providers ignored you, refused your request for help, or failed to respond to requests for help in a reasonable amount of time | 41 (12.8) | 23 (12.2) | 7 (10.9) | 12 (13.3) | 85 (12.5) | 79 (5.6) |
You experienced physical abuse (including aggressive physical contact, inappropriate sexual conduct, a refusal to provide anesthesia for an episiotomy, etc.) | 6 (1.9) | 4 (2.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) | 11 (1.6) | 16 (1.1) |
Any mistreatment (one or more of the above) | 72 (22.5) | 47 (25.0) | 21 (32.8) | 19Â (21.1) | 162 (23.8) | 199 (14.1) |