Table 1.
Informed choice and components of informed choice. Figures are numbers (percentage) of women unless stated otherwise
Measure
Intervention
Control
Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Adjusted
*
odds ratio (95% CI)
Before
After
Change in %
Before
After
Change in %
Antenatal
Reporting yes to overall informed choice
357/689 (52)
532/917 (58)
6
373/663 (56)
477/820 (58)
2
1.10 (0.63 to 1.92)
1.15 (0.65 to 2.06)
Reporting "active" decision making role
483/604 (80)
695/808 (86)
6
492/602 (82)
613/723 (85)
3
1.22 (0.59 to 2.51)
1.13 (0.47 to 2.74)
Satisfied with amount of information
388/604 (64)
579/812 (71)
7
427/607 (70)
528/729 (72)
2
1.30 (0.96 to 1.75)
1.40 (1.05 to 1.88)
Satisfied with way choices were made
416/601 (69)
612/815 (75)
6
455/608 (75)
549/722 (76)
1
1.22 (0.76 to 1.93)
1.25 (0.77 to 2.02)
Enough discussion
396/692 (57)
598/921 (65)
8
413/663 (62)
520/827 (63)
1
1.28 (0.80 to 2.07)
1.32 (0.82 to 2.14)
Postnatal
Reporting yes to overall informed choice
499/887 (56)
500/848 (59)
3
406/788 (51)
358/637 (56)
5
0.90 (0.61 to 1.33)
0.90 (0.59 to 1.37)
Reporting "active" decision making role
664/901 (74)
638/866 (74)
0
559/797 (70)
463/647 (72)
2
0.89 (0.57 to 1.39)
0.99 (0.68 to 1.44)
Satisfied with amount of information
619/891 (70)
635/855 (74)
4
536/780 (69)
458/637 (72)
3
1.09 (0.76 to 1.57)
1.07 (0.73 to 1.57)
Satisfied with way choices were made
683/886 (77)
656/855 (77)
0
600/780 (77)
502/633 (79)
2
0.77 (0.40 to 1.48)
0.78 (0.40 to 1.54)
Enough discussion
570/883 (65)
548/847 (65)
0
481/774 (62)
414/636 (65)
3
0.86 (0.56 to 1.32)
0.82 (0.54 to 1.26)
*
Adjusted for woman's age, age at leaving full time education, parity, and decision style preference.
Not included in short questionnaire sent as second reminder to antenatal sample.
P<0.05.