| Hospital (n = 759) | Birth Centre Inside Hospital (n = 167) | Birth Centre Outside Hospital (n = 157) | Home (n = 871) | Transferred to hospital from community (n = 107) |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Your private or personal information was shared without your consent | 9 (1.2) | 5 (3.0) | 1 (0.6) | 7 (0.8) | 0 (0) |
Your physical privacy was violated (i.e., being uncovered or having people in the delivery room without your consent) | 78Â (10.3) | 15 (9.0) | 1 (0.6) | 7 (0.8) | 13 (12.1) |
Health care providers (doctors, midwives, or nurses) shouted at or scolded you | 98 (12.9) | 18 (10.8) | 4 (2.5) | 19 (2.2) | 28 (26.2) |
Health care providers threatened to withhold treatment or to force you to accept treatment you did not want | 50 (6.6) | 7 (4.2) | 5 (3.2) | 16 (1.8) | 10 (9.3) |
Health care providers threatened you in any other way | 19 (2.5) | 4 (2.4) | 4 (2.5) | 6 (0.7) | 9 (8.4) |
Health care providers ignored you, refused your request for help, or failed to respond to requests for help in a reasonable amount of time | 96 (12.6) | 18 (10.8) | 4 (2.5) | 20 (2.3) | 19 (17.8) |
You experienced physical abuse (including aggressive physical contact, inappropriate sexual conduct, a refusal to provide anesthesia for an episiotomy, etc.) | 16 (2.1) | 3 (1.8) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (3.7) |
Any mistreatment (one or more of the above) | 213 (28.1) | 40 (24.0) | 11 (7.0) | 44Â (5.1) | 37 (34.6) |