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Table 3 Collected data

From: Evaluation of primary care midwifery in the Netherlands: design and rationale of a dynamic cohort study (DELIVER)

Level

Measure

Subjects

Number of participants (%)

Client

Questionnaires (max 3)

All clients in 20 participating practices (during one year)

7685 (53%*)

 

Netherlands Perinatal Registry

All clients that completed at least one questionnaire

5913 (77%)

 

Electronic client records

All clients that completed at least one questionnaire

5895 (77%)

 

Video recordings

Midwives + clients during first consult

310 clients/23 midwives/6 practices

 

Focus groups

Partners of clients

30

Midwife

Questionnaire

All midwives in 20 participating practices

99 (92%)

 

Diary of work-related activities (one week)

All midwives + practice assistants in 20 participating practices

136 (100%)

Practice

Questionnaire

All 521 midwifery practices in the Netherlands

319 (61%)

Other

Interviews

Other maternity care providers (clinical midwives, gynaecologists, general practitioners, maternity care assistants, paediatricians, ambulance personnel, and O&G nurses)

21

  1. * If women with an abortion, a miscarriage or intra uterine death were excluded from the denominator, the netto response rate would be estimated to be 62%