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Table 5 Association between age, education level, ethnicity, planned place of birth parity, and use of medicinal pain relief method that was preferred prenatally (N = 1511)

From: Dutch women in midwife-led care at the onset of labour: which pain relief do they prefer and what do they use?

 

Total Na

No (%)

Univariable OR (CI)

MultivariablebOR (CI)

Age groups (years)

    

  ≤35

1291

14 (32.6)

1.56 (0.76–3.20)

1.96 (0.87–4.43)

  >35

220

45 (23.7)

1.0

1.0

Level of education

    

  Low-Medium

658

17 (18.1)

1.0

1.0

  High

853

42 (30.2)

1.96 (1.04–3.71)**

1.66 (0.83–3.34)

Ethnic background c

    

  Dutch

1336

47 (25.3)

1.0

1.0

  Non-Dutch

173

12 (25.5)

1.01 (0.49–2.11)

0.74 (0.33–1.68)

Planned place of birth d

    

  Home

910

17 (20.0)

1.0

1.0

  Hospital

560

42 (29.6%)

1.68 (0.88–3.19)

2.14 (1.04–4.39)**

Parity

    

  Primiparous

686

41 (38.0)

3.64 (1.93–6.85)**

4.60 (2.27–9.13)**

  Parous

825

18 (14.4)

1.0

1.0

  1. aMissing ‘use of medicinal pain relief which was preferred prenatally’ n = 10, badjusted for age, education level, ethnic background, planned place of birth and parity, cmissing ‘ethnic background’ n = 2, dmissing ‘planned place of birth’ n = 41. **p < 0.05, R2 = 18%.