Table 2:
Description of Outcomes by number of sessions in the childbirth education course
| Outcome | Did Not Attend N=870 |
1 Session N=332 |
2 Sessions N=315 |
≥3 Sessions N=1336 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Induction of Labor | ||||
| Yes | 323 (36.1%) | 120 (36.0%) | 112 (35.0%) | 421 (31.5%) |
| No | 572 (63.9%) | 213 (64.0%) | 208 (65.0%) | 915 (68.5%) |
| Any Pain Medication | ||||
| Yes | 849 (95%) | 303 (91.0%) | 292 (91.3%) | 1184 (92.4%) |
| No | 45 (5.0%) | 30 (9.0%) | 28 (8.6%) | 98 (7.6%) |
| Epidurala | ||||
| Yes | 761 (85.0%) | 261 (78.4%) | 266 (83.1%) | 1081 (80.9%) |
| No | 134 (15%) | 72 (21.6%) | 54 (16.9%) | 255 (19.1%) |
| Systemic Opioidsa | ||||
| Yes | 238 (27.4%) | 103 (31.0%) | 52 (16.5%) | 380 (28.9%) |
| No | 632 (72.6%) | 229 (69.0%) | 263 (83.5%) | 937 (71.15%) |
| Mode of Delivery | ||||
| Vaginal | 634 (70.8%) | 243 (73.0%) | 231 (72.2%) | 952 (71.3%) |
| Cesarean | 261 (29.2%) | 90 (27.0%) | 89 (27.8%) | 384 (28.7%) |
| Planned | 53 (5.9%) | 15 (4.5%) | 16 (5%) | 68 (5.1%) |
| Unplanned | 208 (23.2%) | 75 (22.5%) | 73 (22.8%) | 316 (23.7%) |
| Decision Makinga | ||||
| Score 6 | 489 (56.3%) | 214 (66.5%) | 206 (65.0%) | 892 (67.9%) |
| Less than 6 | 380 (43.7%) | 108 (33.5%) | 111 (35.0%) | 421 (32.1%) |
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