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Table 3 Demographics of the women who participated in the in-depth interviews

From: Women’s and midwives’ views on the optimum process for informed consent for research in a feasibility study involving an intrapartum intervention: a qualitative study

Women (n = 25)

Accepted or declined participation into Assist II

 Accepted

20

 Declined

5

Age (years)

 20–25

4

 26–35

13

 36–40

8

Birth mode

 Spontaneous vertex

9

 Forceps

3

 Ventouse

3

 Emergency Caesarean section

3

 Unsuccessful OdonAssist™ birth/Forceps

2

 Successful OdonAssist™ birth

5

Ethnicity

 White British

20

 Other White European

2

 Asian

2

 Latin American

1

Parity before index birth

 0

17

 1

8

First birth mode of multiparous women

 Forceps

4

 Ventouse

1

 Spontaneous vertex

3

n = Paired audio recording

21

n = Interview

25