The investigators aim to evaluate the preferences for anaesthesia methods of gravid women who are to deliver baby by caesarean section, the rates of general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia, the reasons for preferences of general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia and the factors affecting these preferences.

A questionnaire consisting of 20 questions were applied to gravid women applying for delivery by elective caesarean operation, at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Hospital for Gynaecology and Obstetrics between February 2010 and February 2011, in order to study the anaesthesia technique the patients prefer and the reason behind their preferences. Those gravid women who accepted to take part in the study were provided information about the questionnaire and their oral and written approvals were obtained.

The questionnaire was applied to the patients in visit queue a day before or while the patients were in waiting room for caesarean operation. The gravid women who were between 26th and 40th week of their pregnancy were included in the questionnaire. Those who were taken into emergency service, those with communication problems, those whose mental conditions deter them to answer questions and those who did not want to answer the questions on the questionnaire were excluded from the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• gravid women who were between 26th and 40th week of their pregnancy were included in the questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria:

• gravid women who were taken into emergency service, those with communication problems, those whose mental conditions deter them to answer questions and those who did not want to answer the questions on the questionnaire

A questionnaire consisting of 20 questions were applied to gravid women applying for delivery by elective caesarean operation, at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Hospital for Gynaecology and Obstetrics between February 2010 and February 2011