Table 5.
Number of admissions. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Admissions | Experimental | Control | Difference | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before (n=1029) | After (n=892) | Before (n=1291) | After (n=1279) | ||||
| One admission | 617 (60.0) | 398 (44.6) | 798 (61.8) | 795 (62.6) | −19.2 (−29.9 to −8.6) | 0.002 | |
| Mean (range) admissions | 1.28 (1-4) | 1.45 (1-4) | 1.26 (1-4) | 1.28 (1-6) | 0.29 (0.04 to 0.55) | 0.03 | |
| No of admissions before labour: | |||||||
| 1 | 308 (29.9) | 305 (34.1) | 382 (29.5) | 366 (28.6) | NA | NA | |
| 2 | 79 (7.6) | 149 (16.7) | 85 (6.5) | 88 (6.8) | NA | NA | |
| 3 | 14 (1.3) | 32 (3.5) | 16 (1.2) | 17 (1.3) | NA | NA | |
| ≥4 | 2 (0.01) | 3 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | NA | NA | |
| Missing data | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | NA | NA | |
NA=not applicable.