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. 2023 Feb 3;23:91. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05358-2

Table 1.

Description of study variables

Obstetric practices during labor and delivery
Survey
Birth in Belo Horizonte Childbirth and breastfeeding in children of SARS-CoV-2 infected mothers
Variables
Useful practices that should be encouraged
Providing food to parturient women Interview Medical Record
Allowing parturient women to have freedom to move Interview Medical Record
Use of Partogram (tool used to assess labor evolution) Medical Record Medical Record
Adopting Non-Pharmacological Methods (NPM) for pain relief Interview Medical Record
Harmful or ineffective practices that must be eliminated
Enema Medical Record Medical Record
Perineal shaving Medical Record Medical Record
“Laying parturient women on their back with their legs raised” - position at delivery time Interview Medical Record
Kristeller maneuver Interview and medical Record Medical Record
Practices inappropriately used at Labor and delivery
Amniotomy Medical Record Medical Record
Oxytocin infusion misused Medical Record Medical Record
Analgesia Medical Record Medical Record
Episiotomy Medical Record Medical Record