Table 8.
Maternal outcomes. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Outcomes | Experimental | Control | Difference | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before (n=1029) | After (n=892) | Before (n=1291) | After (n=1279) | ||||
| Mode of delivery | |||||||
| Spontaneous vertex delivery | 709 (68.9) | 526 (58.9) | 810 (63) | 785 (61.3) | −3.2 (−15.1 to 8.7) | 0.6 | |
| Breech | 3 (0.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA | |
| Instrumental | 205 (19.9) | 241 (27.0) | 319 (25) | 323 (25.2) | NA | NA | |
| Elective caesarean section | 4 (0.3) | 0 | 0 | 3 | NA | NA | |
| Emergency caesarean section | 106 (10.3) | 123 (13.7) | 162 (12.5) | 165 (12.9) | 0.0 (−4.3 to 4.3) | 1.0 | |
| Missing data | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | NA | NA | |
| Complications | |||||||
| Any complication | 422 (41) | 439 (49.2) | 571 (44.2) | 596 (46.6) | 3.9 (−9.4 to 17.2) | 0.5 | |
| Failure to progress—first stage | 70 (6.8) | 42 (4.7) | 55 (4.3) | 59 (4.6) | −3.4 (−15.3 to 8.6) | 0.5 | |
| Failure to progress—second stage | 91(8.8) | 142 (15.9) | 84 (6.5) | 119 (9.3) | 15.2 (−4.5 to 34.9) | 0.1 | |
| Mal position/presentation | 11 (1.1) | 9 (1.0) | 10 (0.8) | 16 (1.2) | NA | NA | |
| Intrapartum haemorrhage | 10 (1.0) | 5 (0.5) | 6 (0.5) | 7 (0.5) | NA | NA | |
| Postpartum haemorrhage | 12 (1.2) | 10 (1.1) | 16 (1.2) | 20 (1.5) | NA | NA | |
| Failed forceps | 4 (0.4) | 9 (1.0) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | NA | NA | |
| Shoulder dystocia | 4 (0.4) | 5 (0.5) | 13 (1.0) | 7 (0.5) | NA | NA | |
| Maternal pyrexia | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 12 (0.9) | 10 (0.7) | NA | NA | |
| Raised blood pressure | 5 (0.5) | 4 (0.4) | 5 (0.4) | 6 (0.4) | NA | NA | |
| Retained placenta | 11 (1.1) | 16 (1.7) | 26 (2.0) | 14 (1.0) | NA | NA | |
| Third/fourth degree tear | 8 (0.8) | 7 (0.7) | 10 (0.8) | 8 (0.6) | NA | NA | |
NA=not applicable.