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. 2008 Aug 28;337:a1021. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1021

Table 4.

 Comparisons of women’s reports of negative views of their care.* Values are numbers (percentages)

Item Structured care (n=2067) Usual care (n=2064) Odds ratio (CI)
Helpfulness of nurse or midwife in labour assessment unit:
 Response other than “very helpful” 403 (19.5) 544 (26.4) 0.67 (0.50 to 0.85)†
Attention from staff in labour assessment unit
 Unhappy with amount 233 (11.3) 407 (19.7) 0.51 (0.32 to 0.70)†

*Of 4131 women who completed postnatal questionnaire.

†Secondary outcome; prespecified confidence interval 98.75%.