Table 1.
Maternal data.
| Variable |
Continuous support n = 30 |
Standard care n = 29 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 27 ± 4.4 | 30 ± 5.7 | 0.20a |
| BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 24 ± 3.7 | 23 ± 3.7 | 0.18a |
| Gest age, weeks ± days (mean) | 40 ± 3 | 40 ± 1 | 0.56a |
| Labor analgesia | |||
| – EDA, n (%) – EDA doses, n (mean ± SD) | 23 (77) 3.7 ± 3.2 |
26 (90) 5.1 ± 3.9 |
0.42b 0.19a |
| – Nitrous oxide, n (%) | 18 (60) | 22 (76) | 0.42b |
| – Combined methods, n (%) | 9 (30) | 4 (14) | 0.04b |
| Labor augmentation with oxytocin, n (%) | 23 (79) | 26 (90) | 0.48a |
| Bleeding, mL (mean ± SD) | 449 ± 310 | 426 ± 215 | 0.66a |
| Active labor, hours (mean ± SD) | 11.0 ± 5.7 | 13.7 ± 3.9 | 0.001a |
| – First stage, hours (mean ± SD) | 9.7 ± 4.3 | 11.1 ± 3.8 | 0.35a |
| – Second stage, hours (mean ± SD) | 2.3 ± 1.4 | 2.6 ± 1.5 | 0.52a |
| Delivery mode, n (%) | 0.19b | ||
| – Spontaneous | 22 (73) | 18 (62) | |
| – Instrumental | 7 (23) | 7 (24) | |
| – Cesarean | 1 (3) | 4 (14) | |
| Satisfaction with delivery, n (%) VAS, mm (mean ± SD) |
28 (93) 7.7 ± 2.0 |
27 (93) 7.8 ± 2.1 |
0.61a |
a
Statistical methods Mann Whitney U-test and General Linear Model when appropriate and
b
One Way ANOVA.
BMI, body mass index; EDA, epidural analgesia; Gest age, gestational age at childbirth; Nitrous oxide, inhalation of a mixture of oxygen/nitrous oxide (50/50%); SD, standard deviation; VAS, visual analog scale.