Table 2 Experience of childbirth in relation to expectations in primiparous women of advanced age (≥32 years) compared with the reference group (25–31 years)
From: Experience of childbirth in first-time mothers of advanced age – a Norwegian population-based study
Maternal | Total | As expected/mixed feelings | Worse than expected | Better than expected | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, yrs | n | % | n | % | Crude OR | 95% CI | Adj OR* | 95% CI | n | % | Crude OR | 95% CI | Adj OR* | 95% CI | |
All women | |||||||||||||||
25-31 | 21,226 | 11,349 | 53.5 | 5376 | 25.3 | 1 | 1 | 4501 | 21.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
≥32 | 8839 | 4652 | 52.6 | 2411 | 27.2 | 1.09 | (1.03-1.16) | 1.09 | (1.02-1.16) | 1776 | 20.1 | 0.96 | (0.90-1.03) | 0.97 | (0.90-1.03) |
Subgroups of women by mode of delivery | |||||||||||||||
Women with a spontaneous vaginal birth | |||||||||||||||
25-31 | 14,583 | 8268 | 56.7 | 2342 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 3973 | 27.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
≥32 | 5192 | 2872 | 55.3 | 913 | 17.6 | 1.12 | (1.03-1.23) | 1.12 | (1.02-1.22) | 1407 | 27.1 | 1.02 | (0.95-1.10) | 1.02 | (0.95-1.10) |
Women with instrumentental vaginal delivery | |||||||||||||||
25-31 | 3583 | 1668 | 46.6 | 1632 | 45.5 | 1 | 1 | 283 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
≥32 | 1696 | 825 | 48.6 | 731 | 43.1 | 0.91 | (0.80-1.02) | 0.9 | (0.80-1.02) | 140 | 8.3 | 1.00 | (0.80-1.25) | 1.01 | (0.81-1.26) |
Women with instrumental vaginal delivery | |||||||||||||||
25-31 | 2059 | 812 | 39.4 | 1,135 | 55.1 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 5.4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
≥32 | 1193 | 498 | 41.7 | 603 | 50.5 | 0.87 | (0.75-1.01) | 0.87 | (0.74-1.01) | 92 | 7.7 | 1.34 | (1.00-1.80) | 1.36 | (1.01-1.85) |
Women with elective cesarean delivery | |||||||||||||||
25-31 | 665 | 477 | 71.7 | 66 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 18.8 | 1 | 1 | ||||
≥32 | 532 | 364 | 68.4 | 44 | 8.3 | 0.87 | (0.58-1.31) | 0.85 | (0.56-1.30) | 124 | 23.3 | 1.33 | (1.00-1.77) | 1.38 | (1.03-1.84) |