Table 3.
CAM versus Control in Nulliparous women.
| All Nulliparous Women | CAM N = 397 |
Control N = 647 |
Statistical Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nulliparous N = 226 (57%) | Nulliparous N = 356 (55%) | ||
| Age Mean (range; SD) | 28.6 (16–42; 5) | 28.1 (15–44; 5.7) | p = 0.28 |
| BMI Mean (range; SD) | 24.3 (18–46; 4.2) | 25.1 (15–48; 5) | p = 0.04 |
| Induction of labour rates: n (%) | 100 (44) | 148 (42) | p = 0.52 |
| *Epidural rate: n (%) | 92 (41) | 180 (50.5) | RR = 0.80 CI = 0.67–0.9 p = 0.02 |
| **Length of labour (hours), mean (range; SD) | 8.4 (1–36; 5) | 10 (1–42; 5) | 1.6 h less p = 0.0002 95% CI-2.4 to -0.76 |
| Use of syntocinon for induction: n/total induction (%) | 50/100 (50) | 70/148 (47.3) | p = 0.70 |
| Use of syntocinon for labour augmentation: n (%) | 52 (23) | 124 (35) | RR = 0.64 95%CI = 0.48 to 0.85 p = 0.002 NNT = 8 |
| Vaginal (including breech) delivery with no intervention: n (%) | 118 (52) | 177 (50) | p = 0.5 |
| ***Instrumental: n (%) | 58 (26) | 115 (32) | p = 0.09 |
| Emergency Caesarean Section (EMCS): n (%) | 50 (22) | 64 (18) | p = 0.22 |
| Mean blood loss in all deliveries (ml): n (SD) | 498 (360) | 580 (515) | p = 0.03 (95%CI = -159 to -5) |
| Mean blood loss excluding caesarean sections: n (SD) | 453.5 (356) | 525 (498) | p = 0.09 |
| Major PPH(>1500ml) in vaginal deliveries: n (%) | 6/176 (3) | 17/292 (6) | p = 0.24 |
| Significant Perineal Trauma: n (%) | 16/176 (9) | 14/292 (5) | p = 0.08 |
| Shoulder dystocia: n (%) | 1/176 (0.6) | 5/292 (2) | p = 0.3 |
| Neonatal Admissions: n(%) | 6 (2.7) | 12 (3.4) | p = 0.6 |