Are you older than 18 years and have you given birth after June 2017 in The Netherlands?
If so, we would like to invite you to participate in this study in which we study the experiences of women who have given birth in the Netherlands. We want to know how women have experienced their labour and birth and how they look back at their most recent childbirth. Every experience is of importance, positive and negative.
The questionnaire will take approximately 20-30 minutes, depending on your answers.
Your answers will be stored without personal details for a maximum of 15 years in a safe place as required by the Dutch Law (de algemene verordening gegevensbescherming: AVG). This means that we take good care and make sure that it is not accessible for people who do not need to have access.
This research project has been accepted by the Medical Ethical Commission from the University Medical Centre Groningen, number is 2020/175.
If you have questions, or want to share something else then you can always contact the research team via the email address beststudie@umcg.nl
If you feel sadness or other emotions after completing the survey, then we advise you to talk about it with a loved one. You can also contain your general practitioner/family doctor or your midwife.
With your answers we are going to study the experiences women have during labour and giving birth with the intention to improve maternity care.
If you select ‘’ yes ‘’, than you give permission to participate in this study and you agree with the following.
1. I have read the before mentioned information,
2. I understand what this study is about and what it is asking from me.
3. I understand how my data is handled and what my rights are.
4. I understand that participating in this study is optional and that I choose to participate. I can stop/quit at any moment and I don’t have to explain why. Quitting the survey does not have any negative consequences for me.