2015 Scottish Maternity Care Survey Technical Report
This report provides information on the technical aspects of the 2015 Maternity Care Survey, including development, implementation, analysis and reporting.
Annex A Per cent positive, partially positive and negative results
The table below shows which answers were classed as positive and which were classed as negative.
Answers such as or “No, but I did not mind” or “Yes, sometimes” and “Fair” were treated as partially positive. Other answers such as “can’t remember / don’t know” were excluded from the analysis.
The table also shows how many respondents there nationally were for each of the per cent positive questions.
Table 8 Number of respondents to the per cent positive questions
| Codes for categories | Number of Respondents | |||||
| Question | Question text | Positive | Neutral | Negative | Exclude | |
| B6 | Did you get enough information from either a midwife or doctor to help you decide where to have your baby? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2033 |
| B7 | During your pregnancy were you given a choice about where your antenatal check-ups would take place? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2030 | |
| B9 | If you saw a midwife for your antenatal check-ups, did you see the same one every time? | 1,2 | 3 | 4,5,6 | 2029 | |
| B10 | Did you have a named midwife? | 1 | 2 | 3,4 | 5 | 2027 |
| B11 | During your antenatal check-ups, were you given enough time to ask questions or discuss your pregnancy? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2034 |
| B12 | During your antenatal check-ups, were you listened to? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2031 |
| B13 | During your antenatal check-ups, were your personal circumstances taken into account? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2033 |
| B14 | During your pregnancy, did you have a discussion with a Health Visitor? | 1 | 2,3 | 4,5 | 2014 | |
| B15 | During your pregnancy, did you have a telephone number for a midwife or midwifery team that you could contact? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2033 | |
| B16 | During your pregnancy, if you contacted a midwife or the midwifery team, were you given the help you needed? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2031 |
| B17 | Thinking about your antenatal care, were you spoken to in a way you could understand? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2032 |
| B18 | Thinking about your antenatal care, were you involved enough in decisions about your care? | 1 | 2 | 3,4 | 5 | 2027 |
| B19 | Overall, how would you rate your antenatal care? | 1,2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2028 | |
| C1 | At the very start of your labour, did you feel that you were given appropriate advice and support when you contacted a midwife or the hospital? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1834 | |
| C2 | During your labour, were you able to move around and choose the position that made you most comfortable? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1791 |
| C3 | During your pregnancy, were you given enough information about the pain relief you could use when giving birth? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 1808 |
| C4 | Did you feel that you had enough help to enable you to cope with your pain during labour? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1791 |
| C10 | Did the staff caring for you introduce themselves? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2023 |
| C11 | If your partner or someone else close to you was involved in your care during labour and birth, were they able to be involved as much as they wanted? | 1 | 2 | 3,4,5 | 2026 | |
| C13 | If you raised a concern during labour and birth, did you feel that it was taken seriously? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 864 | |
| C14 | When you called / asked for assistance during labour and birth did you receive it within a reasonable time? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2005 |
| C15 | Thinking about your care during labour and birth, were you spoken to in a way you could understand? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2023 |
| C16 | Thinking about your care during labour and birth, were you involved enough in decisions about your care? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2016 |
| C17 | Thinking about your care during labour and birth, were you treated with respect and dignity? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2023 |
| C18 | Did you have confidence and trust in the staff caring for you during your labour and birth? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2020 |
| C19 | Overall, how would you rate the care you received during your labour and birth? | 1,2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2015 | |
| D2 | Looking back, do you feel that the length of your stay in hospital after the birth was... | 1 | 2,3 | 4 | 1986 | |
| D3 | Thinking about the care you received in hospital after the birth of your baby, were you given the information or explanations you needed? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1990 |
| D4 | Thinking about the care you received in hospital after the birth of your baby, were you treated with kindness and understanding? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1987 |
| D6 | Thinking about your stay in hospital, how clean was the hospital room or ward you were in? | 1 | 2 | 3,4 | 5 | 1991 |
| D7 | Thinking about your stay in hospital, how clean were the toilets and bathrooms you used? | 1 | 2 | 3,4 | 5,6 | 1991 |
| D8 | Overall, how would you rate the care you received in hospital after the birth? | 1,2 | 3 | 4,5 | 1977 | |
| E1 | During your pregnancy did midwives or the midwifery team provide relevant information about feeding your baby? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2014 |
| E4 | Were your decisions about how you wanted to feed your baby respected by staff? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2010 |
| E5 | Did you feel that midwives and other health professionals gave you consistent advice about feeding your baby? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5,6 | 2012 |
| E6 | Did you feel that midwives and other health professionals gave you active support and encouragement about feeding your baby? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2010 |
| F1 | When you were at home after the birth of your baby, did you have a telephone number for a midwife or midwifery team that you could contact? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2019 | |
| F2 | If you contacted a midwife or midwifery team were you given the help you needed? | 1 | 2 | 3,4 | 5 | 2014 |
| F3 | Since your baby’s birth have you been visited at home by a midwife? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2017 |
| F5 | Was it convenient for you to see a midwife at a clinic? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 578 |
| F7 | If you saw a midwife for your care at home or in a clinic, after birth, did you see the same one every time? | 1,2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2006 | |
| F8 | Did you see your named midwife at home or in a clinic after birth? | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1,5 | 2004 |
| F10 | Would you have liked to have seen a midwife... | 3 | 1,2 | 2003 | ||
| F11 | Did you feel that the midwife or midwives that you saw always listened to you? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2015 |
| F12 | Did the midwife or midwives that you saw take your personal circumstances into account when giving you advice? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2014 |
| F13 | Did you have confidence and trust in the midwives and midwifery team you saw after going home? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2015 |
| F14 | Did you see the same midwife for both your antenatal and postnatal care? | 1 | 2 | 3,4 | 5 | 2012 |
| F15 | In the six weeks after the birth of your baby did you receive help and advice from health professionals about your baby’s health and progress? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2020 |
| F16 | In the six weeks after the birth of your baby did you receive help and advice from a midwife or health visitor about feeding your baby? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2014 |
| F17 | Did a midwife tell you that you would need to arrange a postnatal check-up of your own health? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2017 | |
| F18 | Were you given enough information about your own physical recovery after the birth? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2018 |
| F19 | Were you given enough information about any emotional changes you might experience after the birth? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2016 |
| F20 | Were you told who you could contact if you needed advice about emotional changes you might experience after the birth? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2020 | |
| F22 | Overall, how would you rate the care you received at home after the birth? | 1,2 | 3 | 4,5 | 2012 | |
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