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Table 5 Methods of pain relief among the women who had a vaginal delivery

From: Obstetric outcomes for nulliparous women who received routine individualized treatment for severe fear of childbirth - a retrospective case control study

 

Index group

Reference group

 
 

n

%

n

%

p-value

EDA

    

<0.001

No

38

31.9

207

59.1

 

Yes

81

68.1

143

40.9

 

PCB

    

1.000

No

117

98.3

344

98.3

 

Yes

2

1.7

6

1.7

 

Spinal

    

1.000

No

118

99.2

347

99.1

 

Yes

1

0.8

3

0.9

 

Nitrous oxide

    

0.129

No

20

16.8

40

11.4

 

Yes

99

83.2

310

88.6

 

Sterile water injections

    

0.456

No

116

97.5

336

96.0

 

Yes

3

2.5

14

4.0

 

Acupuncture

    

0.071

No

113

95.0

313

89.4

 

Yes

6

5.0

37

10.6

 

Infiltration

    

0.290

No

85

71.4

267

76.3

 

Yes

34

28.6

83

23.7

 

Pudendal blockade

    

0.010

No

113

95.0

347

99.1

 

Yes

6

5.0

3

0.9

 

Other methods

    

0.231

No

93

78.2

254

72.6

 

Yes

26

21.8

96

27.4