Comparison 5. Nurse/CD hypnosis versus standard care.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Use of pharmacological pain relief/anaesthesia	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.01 [0.89, 1.15]
2 Satisfaction with pain relief	1	259	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.91 [0.78, 1.05]
3 Spontaneous vaginal birth	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.96 [0.80, 1.16]
4 Satisfaction with childbirth experience	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.94 [0.83, 1.07]
5 Breastfeeding at discharge	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.01 [0.98, 1.04]
6 Assisted vaginal birth	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.20 [0.78, 1.85]
7 Caesarean section	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.91 [0.56, 1.48]
8 Admission to neonatal intensive care unit	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.93 [0.67, 1.29]
9 Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.53 [0.05, 5.76]
10 Use of epidural/neuroaxial block	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.94 [0.73, 1.20]
11 Induction of labour	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.97 [0.68, 1.36]
12 Augmentation of labour	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.06 [0.82, 1.36]
13 Primary postpartum haemorrhage (> 500 mL)	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.66 [0.88, 3.12]
14 Need for postpartum blood transfusion	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	7.39 [0.92, 59.33]
15 Postnatal depression	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.82 [0.51, 1.32]
16 Adverse effect women readmitted to hospital	1	266	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.14 [0.43, 3.06]
17 Adverse effect infant readmitted to hospital	1	266	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.9 [0.38, 2.14]
18 Maternal admission to HDU/ICU	1	294	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	3.70 [0.78, 17.50]