Table 2. Labour, birth and neonatal outcomes for women responding to the follow-up questionnaire.
| Randomised to two midwives (intervention) (n=1127) | Randomised to one midwife (standard care) (n=1094) | P value | |
| Maternal outcomes | |||
| Onset of labour | |||
| Spontaneous | 827 (73.4) | 804 (73.5) | 0.95 |
| Induction | 300 (26.6) | 290 (26.5) | |
| Epidural analgesia/spinal | 685 (60.8) | 702 (64.2) | 0.10 |
| Augmentation with oxytocin | 781 (69.3) | 760 (69.5) | 0.93 |
| Birth position | |||
| Lateral | 399 (35.4) | 402 (36.7) | 0.56 |
| Lithotomy/recumbent | 404 (35.8) | 364 (33.3) | 0.18 |
| Sitting | 193 (17.1) | 210 (19.2) | 0.22 |
| Kneeling/standing | 51 (4.5) | 60 (5.5) | 0.31 |
| Birth chair/squatting | 43 (3.8) | 32 (2.9) | 0.24 |
| All four | 24 (2.1) | 18 (1.6) | 0.39 |
| Missing | 13 (1.2) | 8 (0.7) | |
| Total second stage of labour—minutes (median, IQR) | 104.5 (58.0–169.0) | 102.0 (58.0–166.0) | 0.62 |
| Missing | 3 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | |
| Active second stage—minutes (median, IQR) | 35.0 (24.0–53.0) | 33.0 (22.0–49.0) | 0.01 |
| Missing | 30 (2.7) | 27 (2.5) | |
| Episiotomy | 71 (6.3) | 64 (5.9) | 0.66 |
| Severe perineal trauma | 43 (3.8) | 63 (5.8) | 0.03 |
| Postpartum haemorrhage >500 mL | 348 (30.9) | 350 (32.0) | |
| Missing | 25 (2.2) | 32 (2.9) | 0.49 |
| Neonatal outcomes | |||
| Apgar <7 at 5 min | 7 (0.6) | 10 (0.9) | 0.43 |
| Birth weight (mean, SD) | 3521 (427.9) | 3510 (428.3) | 0.53 |
| Missing | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
Data are n (%), median (IQR) or mean (SD). index. Comparisons between groups are calculated using χ2 test (dichotomous variables) and the Mann -Whitney U test (continuous variables).
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