title: Women's Preferences of Method of Delivery and Influencing Factors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Currently, the rate of caesarean section has been substantially increased in developing and developed countries. To determine the factors causing such an increase, it is important to determine reasons for women to refuse vaginal delivery and preferring caesarean section.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine Turkish women's attitudes and basal knowledge regarding vaginal delivery and caesarean section, as well as factors causing women to prefer caesarean section even when a medical indication does not exist.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive study consisted of 840 women, completing the questionnaire developed by the researchers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age rate of participants was 39.8 ± 11.8 years. The most significant reasons of vaginal delivery preferred by participants (n = 685) were determined to be healthy and swift recovery period after delivery, whereas those preferred by participants (n=155) for caesarean section were being safer for babies, easier than vaginal delivery and a less painful method. Higher educational status, pregnancy after infertility treatment and undergoing caesarean section for the last delivery were determined to be among important factors affecting to choose caesarean section.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Information gained misleadingly and fears related to vaginal delivery were seen as factors affecting women's preferences for delivery. Thus, midwives are required to train both pregnant women during antenatal care and all women in society about methods of delivery and to give effective counseling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Health Sciences Faculty of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sema Dereli
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic and Obstetrics Nursing, Health College of Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey.
authors.forename: Meltem Demirgoz
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic and Obstetrics Nursing, Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty of Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nezihe Kizilkaya
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Beji
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cerrahpasa Medical School of Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seyfettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uludag
keywords: Caesarean Section; Pregnancy; Vaginal Birth after Cesarean