Table 3.
Primiparous and multiparous women’s perception of the length of hospital stay after birth when discharged within 24 hours after birth. Crude and adjusted relative risk (RR) of primiparous women versus multiparous women who perceived the length of hospital stay as too short versus appropriate or too long. The analyses were stratified by discharge time 0 to 6 hours after birth and 7 to 24 hours after birth (N=147)
| Mothers’ perception of the length of hospital stay after birth | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Too short | Appropriate | Too long | Too short vs appropriate or too long | ||||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | RR | 95% CI | ARRa | 95% CI | ARRb | 95% CI | |
| Discharged <24 hours after birthc | 146 (100) | 8 (5.5) | 136 (93.1) | 2 (1.4) | ||||||
| Primiparous women | 44 (30.1) | 3 (6.8) | 41 (93.2) | 0 | 1.35 | 0.35–5.60 | 1.43 | 0.31–6.52 | 1.42 | 0.31–6.55 |
| Multiparous women (Ref.) | 102 (69.9) | 5 (4.9) | 95 (93.1) | 2 (2.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Discharged ≤6 hours after birthc | 115 (100) | 8 (7.0) | 106 (92.1) | 1 (0.9) | ||||||
| Primiparous women | 22 (19.1) | 3 (13.6) | 19 (86.4) | 0 | 2.54 | 0.66–9.82 | 2.26 | 0.54–9.41 | 2.25 | 0.54–9.42 |
| Multiparous women (Ref.) | 93 (80.9) | 5 (5.4) | 87 (93.5) | 1 (1.1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Discharged 7 to 24 hours after birth | 31 (100) | 0 | 30 (96.8) | 1 (3.2) | ||||||
| Primiparous women | 22 (71.0) | 0 | 22 (100) | 0 | - | - | - | |||
| Multiparous women | 9 (29.0) | 0 | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | - | - | - | |||
ARR: adjusted relative risk.
a
Adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI).
b
Adjusted for age, body mass index (BMI), and length of birth.
c
Missing values n (%): discharged <24 hours 1 (0.7); discharged ≤6 hours 1 (0.9).