Delivered With Care. A National Survey of Women's Experience of Maternity Care 2010

Abstract

As maternity services change and the population of women and families served also\nchanges, there is a need to document the views of women with recent experience of care.\nMaternity services are evolving and the information from this study provides a picture of\ncurrent practice and point of comparison for the future. This survey was carried out in 2010\nand used similar methods to those employed in 1995 and 2006. A random sample of 10,000\nwomen giving birth in England over a two week period were selected by the Office for\nNational Statistics from birth registration records. Women whose babies had died and new\nmothers less than 16 years of age were excluded. The usable response rate was 54%, with\n5,333 women participating. A total of 14% of respondents came from Black and Minority\nEthnic (BME) groups and 21% had been born outside the UK. An online version of the\nquestionnaire was made available to all survey participants; only 8% of those responding\nused this method of return.\nData were analysed and are presented by parity, with some specific univariate analyses in\nrelation to clinical factors such as mode of delivery and demographic factors, such as\nmaternal age or geographical region. Some comparisons are made with previous surveys.\nMultivariate analyses, with adjustment for potential confounders, were carried out in relation\nto 20 selected outcomes contributing to quality of care.