Table 6.
Selective versus Routine episiotomy in Secondary hospitals and Tertiary hospitals: neonatal outcomes (weighted)
| Characteristics | Secondary hospitals (2393) | Tertiary hospitals(3085) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routine episiotomy(343) | Selective episiotomy (2050) | P | Routine episiotomy(1010) | Routine episiotomy(2075) | P | |||||
| mean | 95%CI | mean | 95%CI | mean | 95%CI | mean | 95%CI | |||
| Birthweight | 3280.5 | 3257.9–3303.2 | 3295.6 | 3278.5–3312.8 | 0.46 | 3276.6 | 3255.6–3297.6 | 3296.1 | 3277.1–3315.0 | 0.20 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | ||
| Shoulder dystocia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.76 | 13 | 1.30 | 4 | 0.18 | < 0.05 |
| Apgar≤7 (5 min) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 2 | 0.15 | 7 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| Birth injury | 69 | 20.18 | 594 | 28.96 | < 0.05 | 174 | 17.21 | 114 | 5.49 | < 0.05 |
| Congenital malformation | 2 | 0.53 | 22 | 1.08 | 0.34 | 28 | 2.76 | 43 | 2.07 | 0.23 |
| Neonatal Ward | 9 | 2.67 | 137 | 6.69 | < 0.05 | 150 | 14.88 | 165 | 7.94 | < 0.05 |