Table 2. outcomes of women in preterm labour assessed in triage by midwives vs doctors.

Primary outcome	Controls (doctor performing qfFN* test)	Cases (triage midwife performing qfFN* test)	P value
Interval between arrival and qfFN test (min)	127	67	< 0.001
Interval between arrival and admission/discharge decision (min)	181	157	0.14
Secondary outcome	Doctor	Midwife
Speculum findings	n (%)	n (%)	n/a
Os closed	42 (95)	42 (95)	n/a
Multiple os	0 (0)	1 (2)	n/a
1–2 cm open	0 (0)	1 (2)	n/a
Os not visualised	2 (5)	0 (0)	n/a
qfFN	n (%)	n (%)
<10	31 (70)	40 (90)	n/a
10–49	10 (23)	2 (5)	n/a
50–199	1 (2)	2 (5)	n/a
>200	2 (5)	0 (0)	n/a
Invalid	0(0)	0(0)	n/a
Steroids given on this presentation	1 (2)	1 (2)	n/a
Steroids given on previous presentation	1 (2)	1 (2)	n/a
Antibiotics given	0 (0)	2 (5)	n/a
Decision to admit	7 (16)	5 (11)	0.53
Decision to discharge	37 (84)	39 (89)	0.53

^*qfFN = quantitative fetal fibronectin

qfFN, quantitative fetal fibronectin.