Parents' Expectations and Experiences Around Cesarean Section in Belgium

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Cesarean Section

Treatments

Other: Questionnaires and interviews

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02609217

58593

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to gain insight in the experiences and expectations of Belgian parents concerning primary cesarean section. This will be achieved by structured patient interviews and questionnaires in 24 women undergoing the procedure and their partners. This group will be divided into two subgroups of 12 multiparous and 12 nulliparous women and their partners.

Full description

The subjects in both groups will be interviewed twice and will receive three questionnaires. One to two weeks prior to the scheduled cesarean section and during a scheduled obstetric outpatient visit, the first interview and questionnaire will be administered to the couple. A second questionnaire will be provided while still hospitalized (5 days post partum), to both mother and partner. Six weeks post partum, during a scheduled obstetric outpatient visit, the couple will be interviewed for the last time and will be asked to complete the third and last questionnaire.

Enrollment

24 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 50 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Pregnant women
Partner available
18-50 years of age
Singleton pregnancy
Booked for planned cesarean section ≥37 weeks of gestation
Dutch-speaking
Informed consent given

Exclusion criteria

Emergency cesarean section
<18 years of age or >50 years of age
Multiple pregnancy
Inability to provide consent (language, etc.)
Partner not consenting
BMI >35 kg/m2
Maternal or fetal pathologies expected to affect pre and postnatal maternal/neonatal management