Table 3.

Mode of birth and risk of dissatisfaction with childbirth. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs and aORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)

	Total number of births N = 16,775	Dissatisfaction with childbirth VAS 1–3
		Number n (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI) a
Normal vaginal birth	13,990	625 (4.5)	ref.	ref.
Instrumental vaginal delivery	852	119 (14.0)	3.47 (2.81–4.28)	2.89 (2.32–3.60)
Elective CS	1049	52 (5.0)	1.11 (0.83–1.49)	1.12 (0.83–1.50)
Emergency CS	884	157 (17.8)	4.62 (3.82–5.59)	3.98 (3.27–4.86)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; CS: cesarean section. ^aAdjusted for maternal age and parity