Consent requirements met and consent requirements not met per procedure among all respondents who were offered the procedure
| Procedure | Total number of offered procedures | Consent requirements met, n (%) | Consent requirements not met, n (%) | ||
| Total | Received sufficient information* | Total | Received sufficient information†| ||
| Induction of labour | 3422 | 3139 (91.7) | 2626 (83.7) | 283 (8.3) | 144 (50.9) |
| External cardiotocography | 6351 | 3970 (62.5) | 3640 (91.7) | 2381 (37.5) | 1472 (61.8) |
| Fetal scalp electrode | 4373 | 2794 (63.9) | 2357 (84.4) | 1579 (36.1) | 676 (42.8) |
| Vaginal examination | 9801 | 9095 (92.8) | 8757 (96.3) | 706 (7.2) | 386 (54.7) |
| Artificial rupture of membranes | 5860 | 4938 (84.3) | 4521 (91.6) | 922 (15.7) | 513 (55.6) |
| Augmentation of labour | 2846 | 2124 (74.6) | 1772 (83.4) | 722 (25.4) | 282 (39.1) |
| Episiotomy | 2433 | 1428 (58.7) | 1194 (83.6) | 1005 (41.3) | 468 (46.6) |
| Postpartum oxytocin administration | 4940 | 2625 (53.1) | 2249 (85.7) | 2315 (46.9) | 895 (38.7) |
| Caesarean section during labour | 1301 | 1074 (82.6) | 870 (81) | 227 (17.4) | 122 (53.7) |
| Prelabour caesarean section | 587 | 571 (97.3) | 522 (91.4) | 16 (2.7) | 8 (50) |
*The proportion of respondents who indicated they had received sufficient information regarding the procedure of the number of respondents by whom the consent requirements were met.
†The proportion of respondents who indicated they had received sufficient information regarding the procedure of the number of respondents by whom the consent requirements were not met.