2.2 Survey Instrument
The survey was developed in Arabic after reviewing related studies (8, 9). The questionnaire divided into five sections as follows: The first section is demographic data; to allow examination of variability in responses according to participant characteristics including age, educational level, place of living, employment, parity, previous abortion, and chronic diseases. Section two explored respondents’ awareness about CS including the source of participant knowledge about CS. Also, it evaluated the participant conviction if CS endure danger on the female or the baby, if the participant agrees with performing CS upon maternal request without medical indication, the participant point of view of having a guarantee to perform CS with a medical indication only, whether the participant can mention any of the CS complications or not, and the most common reason for CS upon maternal request from a participant point of view. Section three explore the personal maternal experience of CS including the number of CS the participant had, age at last CS, gestational age, where CS performed (whether at a governmental sector or privet sector), how much the performed CS surgery costs, hospital stay and recovery period needed after CS, the complications that occurred after CS, whether or not the participant satisfied with her experience with CS, and if she will encourage other females to give birth via CS.
Section four explored the self-reported indications for giving birth through CS surgery including the reason for doing CS, whether the CS is planned with the obstetrician or if the CS is performed upon participant request, or if the participant thought that the obstetrician performed the CS with no medical indication, or if the participant had normal delivery after CS. Finally, section five explore the self-reported effects of CS surgeries on respondentsā€˜ children including the weight of the baby at birth, the prematurity stay, the complications the baby had after CS, whether or not the female able to breastfeed her baby after CS and why if not, the participant point of view if her CS baby suffered more than others. A pilot study was conducted among 20 participants to assess content validity, some questions were not clear and modified accordingly.