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Table 1 Themes and subthemes

From: The acceptability to women of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section and of randomised trials evaluating those techniques: a qualitative study

Themes

Subthemes

Participants

N (%)

Acceptability of different techniques

Level of invasiveness

5 (55%)

Security in practitioner expertise

5 (55%)

Baby safety

4 (44%)

Informed choice in trials

Timing of invitation

7 (77%)

Capacity to make an informed choice

5 (55%)

Birth outcome

3 (33%)

Importance of rapport

4 (44%)

Birth education

Antenatal education

9 (100%)

Postpartum information

7 (77%)