Table 2.
Response to Question 1, overall and according to factors that might influence experience
| ‘If time suddenly went backwards, and you had to do it all over again, would you agree to participate in the Cord Pilot Trial?’ | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First (at 4–8 weeks) | Second (at 1 year) | |||||||||
| Definitely no | Probably no | Not sure | Probably yes | Definitely yes | Definitely no | Probably no | Not sure | Probably yes | Definitely yes | |
| Total | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 9 (5%) | 36 (20%) | 131 (73%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 6 (5%) | 19 (15%) | 103 (79%) |
| Clamping after ≥ 2 min + neonatal care with cord intact | 1 (1%) | – | 3 (3%) | 17 (18%) | 75 (78%) | – | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 11 (13%) | 69 (84%) |
| Clamping ≤ 20 s + neonatal care after clamping | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 6 (7%) | 19 (23%) | 56 (67%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 5 (10%) | 8 (16%) | 34 (69%) |
| Gestation at birth (weeks) < 26 | – | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (13%) | 18 (78%) | – | – | 1 (7%) | 3 (20%) | 11 (73%) |
| 26+ 0–27+ 6 | – | – | 2 (5%) | 8 (22%) | 27 (73%) | – | 1 (4%) | – | 2 (9%) | 20 (87%) |
| 28+ 0–29+ 6 | 1 (2%) | – | 2 (3%) | 17 (29%) | 39 (66%) | 1 (2%) | – | 1 (2%) | 9 (21%) | 31 (74%) |
| 30+ 0 –31+ 6 | 1 (2%) | – | 4 (7%) | 8 (14%) | 45 (78%) | – | 1 (2%) | 3 (6%) | 5 (11%) | 38 (81%) |
| ≥ 32 | – | – | – | – | 2 (100%) | – | – | 1 (25%) | – | 3 (75%) |
| Consent pathway | ||||||||||
| usual one-stage | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 6 (4%) | 28 (21%) | 99 (73%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 6 (6%) | 8 (8%) | 81 (83%) |
| two-stage | – | – | 3 (7%) | 8 (19%) | 32 (74%) | – | – | – | 11 (33%) | 22 (67%) |
| Age at trial entry (years) < 20 | – | – | 1 (11%) | 3 (33%) | 5 (56%) | – | – | 1 (50%) | – | 1 (50%) |
| 20–24 | – | – | 1 (4%) | 5 (19%) | 20 (77%) | – | – | 1 (6%) | 4 (24%) | 12 (71%) |
| 25–29 | – | 1 (3%) | 2 (5%) | 4 (11%) | 31 (82%) | – | 1 (4%) | 2 (8%) | 1 (4%) | 21 (84%) |
| 30–34 | 2 (3%) | – | 4 (6%) | 15 (22%) | 47 (69%) | – | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 8 (15%) | 43 (81%) |
| 35–39 | – | – | – | 7 (26%) | 20 (74%) | – | – | – | 5 (22%) | 18 (78%) |
| ≥ 40 | – | – | 1 (9%) | 2 (18%) | 8 (73%) | 1 (9%) | – | 1 (9%) | 1 (9%) | 8 (73%) |
| Blood loss at birth (ml) 0–499 | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (4%) | 18 (20%) | 65 (73%) | – | – | 5 (8%) | 10 (16%) | 48 (76%) |
| 500–999 | – | – | 4 (6%) | 16 (23%) | 51 (72%) | – | 2 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 7 (13%) | 44 (81%) |
| ≥ 1000 | 1 (5%) | – | 1 (5%) | 2 (11%) | 15 (79%) | 1 (7%) | – | – | 2 (14%) | 11 (79%) |
| For baby, length of stay > 6 weeks | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (3%) | 27 (21%) | 95 (74%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (3%) | 13 (15%) | 69 (79%) |
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale depression score ≥ 8 | 1 (2%) | – | 6 (12%) | 9 (17%) | 36 (69%) | – | – | – | 5 (20%) | 20 (80%) |
| Baby died before questionnaire completed (including stillbirths) | – | – | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) | 2 (50%) | – | – | – | 1 (25%) | 3 (75%) |
| Questionnaire completed after reminder | 2 (2%) | – | 3 (4%) | 17 (21%) | 59 (73%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 6 (7%) | 14 (17%) | 60 (73%) |
| Recruited period | ||||||||||
| First year (feasibility phase) | 1 (1%) | – | 4 (5%) | 19 (22%) | 62 (72%) | – | 1 (1%) | 5 (7%) | 10 (14%) | 54 (77%) |
| Second year | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 5 (5%) | 17 (18%) | 69 (74%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 9 (15%) | 49 (80%) |
Note:
▪ 7 of the 186 participants returning the first questionnaire did not complete this question including one of the participants whose baby died (3 in the clamp cord after at least 2 min group and 4 in the clamp cord within 20 s group)
▪ 2 of the 132 participants returning the second questionnaire at 1 year did not complete this question (1 in each group)