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Table 6 Mistreatment, stratified by actual place of birth (n = 1954)

From: The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States

 

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)

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)

78 (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)

44 (5.1)

37 (34.6)