Table 2.

Self reported length of labour and pain in women following prolonged labour with and without diagnosis and normal labour with and without oxytocin augmentation

	Prolonged labour				Normal labour
	With diagnosis	P-value*	Without diagnosis	P-value**	Without oxytocin-augmentation	P-value***	With oxytocin-augmentation
	n = 113		n = 67		n = 472		n = 177
	Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)
Length of labour/birth mean hours (SD)	23.09 (±24.95)	0.00	13.95 (±8.3)	0.000	7.34 (±8.77)	0.015	10.17 (±10.5)
Experienced labour length (0 = Prolonged- 7 = Rapid)	20.29 (22.6)	0.00	30.52 (21.0)	0.00	47.07 (21.64)	0.00	38.77 (22.3)
Pain experience (0 = Very positive- 7 = Very negative)	4.3 (1.7)	0.91	4.3 (1.4)	0.00	3.6 (1.47)	0.078	3.82 (1.64)

*Prolonged labour with diagnosis versus without diagnosis.

**Prolonged labour with diagnosis or without diagnosis versus Normal labour with and without oxytocin augmentation.

***Normal labour without oxytocin augmentation versus Normal labour with oxytocin augmentation.