Table 5.

Clinical and health economic outcomes

Participant outcome	Propess (n = 20)	CRB (n = 18)
Intervention expelled
No	15 (75%)	14 (78%)
Yes	3 (15%)	1 (6%)
Missing	2 (10%)	3 (16%)
Return for admission
Agreed time next morning	5 (25%)	4 (22%)
Labour	10 (50%)	5 (28%)
Participant never went home following intervention	3 (15%)	4 (22%)
Missing	2 (10%)	5 (28%)
Epidural use
No	8 (40%)	9 (50%)
Yes	12 (60%)	8 (44%)
Missing	0	1 (6%)
Live birth	20 (100%)	18 (100%)
Mode of birth
SVD	9 (45%)	11 (61%)
Caesarean section in labour	6 (30%)	2 (11%)
No labour caesarean section	2 (10%)	4 (22%)
Instrumental delivery	3 (15%)	1 (6%)
Median estimated blood loss in ml (IQR)	320.0 (200.0 to 675.0)	600.0 (225.0 to 1145.0)
Mean birthweight in gm (SD)	3688.7 (310.00)	3684.2 (293.33)
Boy	14 (70%)	6 (33%)
Girl	6 (30%)	11 (61%)
Not recorded	0	1 (6%)
5 min Apgar score median (IQR)	10.0 (10.0 to 10.0)	10.0 (10.0 to 10.0)
Head circumference in cm (mean, SD)	35.2 (1.54)	35.1 (1.36)
Where did the baby go?
To mother	20 (100%)	16 (89%)
NICU admission	0	1 (6%)
Missing	0	1 (6%)
Any adverse event experienced
Mother alone	8 (40%)	6 (33%)
Baby alone	1 (5%)	3 (17%)
Both mother and baby	4 (20%)	2 (11%)
None	7 (35%)	7 (39%)
Severe adverse event
None	18 (90%)	17 (94%)
Mother alone	1† (10%)	1 (6%)
Baby alone	0	0
Both mother and baby	0	0
Maternal death	0	0
Foetal/neonatal death	0	0
Health economic outcomes	Propess (n = 19)	CRB (n = 17)
Cost of induction and readmission prior to delivery, mean (SD)	135.47 (206.56)	127.29 (198.33)
Cost of delivery, mean (SD)	3254.16 (965.10)	2753.53 (712.31)
Total cost, mean (SD)	3389.63 (1023.94)	2880.82 (717.04)

†One mother experienced two severe adverse events (haemorrhage and infection)