Table 4.
Midwives and obstetricians definitions of early and late cord clamping
| Midwives n = 1297 (%) |
Obstetricians n = 926 (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| term | preterm | term | preterm | |||||
| How would you define early clamping? | ||||||||
| after 1-10 seconds | 362 | (28) | 395 | (30) | 359 | (39) | 301 | (33) |
| 11-20 seconds | 118 | (9) | 98 | (8) | 108 | (12) | 119 | (13) |
| 21-30 seconds | 212 | (16) | 187 | (14) | 177 | (17) | 187 | (20) |
| 31-60 seconds | 245 | (19) | 156 | (12) | 136 | (19) | 153 | (17) |
| 1-5 minutes | 69 | (5) | 5 | (< 1) | 15 | (2) | 21 | (2) |
| > 5 minutes | 12 | (1) | 29 | (2) | 5 | (< 1) | 4 | (< 1) |
| other | *34 | (3) | **43 | (3) | - | - | - | - |
| no response | 245 | (19) | 384 | (30) | 126 | (14) | 141 | (15) |
| How would you define late clamping? | ||||||||
| after 1-30 seconds | 17 | (1) | 68 | (5) | 90 | (10) | 89 | (10) |
| 31-60 seconds | 59 | (5) | 124 | (10) | 199 | (21) | 194 | (21) |
| 1-2 minutes | 42 | (3) | 72 | (6) | 100 | (11) | 126 | (14) |
| 2-3 minutes | 41 | (3) | 8 | (< 1) | 16 | (2) | 19 | (2) |
| 3-5 minutes | 40 | (3) | 67 | (5) | 24 | (2) | 34 | (4) |
| > 5 minutes | 49 | (4) | 24 | (2) | 15 | (2) | 10 | (1) |
| After cessation of pulsation | 895 | (69) | 508 | (39) | 356 | (38) | 309 | (33) |
| other | †6 | (< 1) | ††11 | (1) | - | - | - | - |
| no response | 148 | (11) | 415 | (31) | 126 | (14) | 145 | (16) |
* after cessation n = 1, after cessation of pulsation and variable n = 33
** before delivery of placenta n = 2, not applicable for preterm births n = 32, varies n = 9
† varies n = 5, before delivery of placenta n = 1.
†† varies n = 10, after delivery of placenta n = 1