An online survey of women's views of respectful and disrespectful pregnancy and early labour care in the Czech Republic.

Objective: To ascertain and explore the views of women and their partners, giving birth in the Czech Republic, of the level of respectful or disrespectful care provided during pregnancy and early labour.

Design: Ethical approval was granted for a descriptive, online anonymous survey of 65 questions, with quantitative and qualitative responses.

Setting: The Czech Republic.

Respectful and disrespectful care in the Czech Republic: an online survey.

Background: Respectful maternity care includes treating women with dignity, consulting them about preferences, gaining consent for treatment, respecting their wishes, and giving care based on evidence, not routines. In the absence of any documented evidence, this study aimed to ascertain maternity care-givers' perceptions of respectful care provided for childbearing women in Czech Republic.

Methods: Following ethical approval, an online quantitative survey with qualitative comments was completed by 52 respondents recruited from workshops on promoting normal birth, followed by snowball sampling.