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 respondentsā 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.