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Table 1 Characteristics of women in the national maternity survey by mode of delivery

From: Mode of birth and women’s psychological and physical wellbeing in the postnatal period

 

Non-operative births

Operative births

 
 

Unassisted Vaginala

Ventouse-assisteda

Forceps-assisteda

Unplanned Caesareana

Planned Caesareana

p

n = 3275

n = 302

n = 359

n = 675

n = 630

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

DEMOGRAPHIC

      

Mother’s age (years)

      

  M (SD)

30.11 (5.75)

30.27 (5.26)

30.30 (5.49)

31.07 (5.55)

32.88 (5.31)

<0.001

Parity

      

  Primiparous

1342 (42)

246 (83)

299 (83)

492 (75)

193 (32)

<0.001

  Multiparous

1880 (58)

51 (17)

51 (15)

164 (25)

420 (69)

 

Ethnicity

      

  White

2780 (86)

279 (93)

322 (90)

534 (81)

521 (84)

<0.001

  Otherb

445 (14)

20 (7)

34 (10)

129 (20)

96 (16)

 

Age left full-time education (years)

      

  ≤ 16

751 (23)

51 (17)

63 (18)

115 (17)

151 (25)

<0.001

  17-18

892 (28)

60 (20)

98 (28)

173 (26)

155 (25)

 

  ≥ 19

1583 (49)

189 (63)

195 (55)

377 (57)

309 (50)

 

IMD (quintiles)

      

  1st (least deprived)

640 (20)

68 (23)

75 (21)

122 (18)

141 (18)

0.002

  2nd

652 (20)

63 (21)

71 (20)

110 (16)

137 (22)

 

  3rd

681 (21)

59 (20)

74 (21)

152 (23)

151 (24)

 

  4th

629 (19)

68 (23)

62 (17)

152 (23)

85 (14)

 

  5th (most deprived)

672 (21)

44 (15)

77 (21)

139 (21)

116 (18)

 

Marital status

      

  Married

195 (59)

195 (65)

225 (63)

423 (63)

439 (70)

<0.001

  Cohabiting

998 (31)

84 (28)

107 (30)

184 (27)

153 (24)

 

  Other

330 (10)

23 (8)

27 (8)

68 (10)

38 (6)

 

Country of birth

      

  UK

2498 (80)

238 (81)

286 (83)

482 (75)

456 (77)

0.005

  Other

633 (20)

55 (19)

59 (17)

165 (26)

137 (23)

 

OBSTETRIC

      

Monitoring of baby in labour

      

  Noc

269 (8)

2 (0.7)

4 (1)

88 (13)

33 (27)

<0.001

  Stethoscope/sonicaid

845 (26)

23 (8)

23 (6)

23 (4)

3 (2)

 

  Intermittent

674 (21)

51 (17)

64 (18)

95 (14)

25 (20)

 

  Constant

1344 (41)

221 (73)

255 (71)

444 (67)

56 (45)

 

  Other

11 (0.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.8)

 

  Don’t know

128 (4)

5 (2)

13 (4)

11 (1.7)

6 (5)

 

Duration of labour (hours)

      

  ≤ 7

1825 (59)

64 (22)

60 (17)

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<0.001

  8-11

448 (15)

58 (20)

58 (16)

   

  12-17

356 (12)

67 (23)

71 (20)

   

  ≥18

468 (15)

109 (37)

165 (47)

   
  1. * p <0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001.
  2. aNumbers may not sum to total because some data missing.
  3. bIncludes Mixed, Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, Chinese and other.
  4. cExcludes women who had a planned caesarean and did not labour.