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Table 4 Women’s feelings and experiences during labour and birth with prolonged labour or normal labour

From: Diverse definitions of prolonged labour and its consequences with sometimes subsequent inappropriate treatment

 

Prolonged laboura, c

Normal labourb, c

Crude odds ratio

Adjusted odds ratiod

 

n = 180

n = 649

  
 

n = (%)

n = (%)

(95% CI)

(95%CI)

It was exciting to give birth

Strongly agree

139 (77)

563 (89)

1.0 Refe

1.0 Ref

Not strongly agree

40 (23)

69 (11)

0.5 (0.4-0.8)***

0.5 (0.32-0.7)***

I almost went into panic since I didn’t know what was happening

Strongly agree

36 (21)

63 (10)

3.5 (1.9-6.1)***

4.0 (2.13-7.3)***

Not strongly agree

139 (79)

567 (90)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

Pain relief during birth saved me

 

Strongly agree

99 (57)

239 (39)

2.0 (1.4-2.9***

1.8 (1.2-2.7)**

Not strongly agree

76 (43)

377 (61)

1.0 Ref

Ref

My difficulties during birth marked me for life

Strongly agree

28 (16)

22 (4)

7.0 (2.7-17.7)***

7.2 (2.6-19.6)***

Not strongly agree

144 (84)

581 (96)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

It was painful to give birth

Strongly agree

53 (30)

98 (16)

2.0 (1.2-3.3)**

2.0 (1.12-3.4)**

Not strongly agree

123 (70)

531 (84)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

It was best to do what the staff told me to

Strongly agree

118 (67)

374 (60)

1.2 (0.82-1.7)

1.0 (0.7-1.5)

Not strongly agree

58 (33)

250 (40)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

The worst was not to be able to decide mode of delivery

Strongly agree

25 (16)

29 (5)

3.0 (1.3-6.6)**

3.0 (1.3-7.2)**

Not strongly agree

133 (84)

530 (95)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

I was frightened that the baby would be damaged during birth

Strongly agree

63 (36)

145 (24)

2.0 (1.3-3.2)**

1.8 (1.1-2.8)**

Not strongly agree

110 (64)

471 (76)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

Giving birth is one of my peak experiences

Strongly agree

174 (97)

631 (98)

1.0 (0.6-1.8)

1.1 (0.6-2.0)

Not strongly agree

6 (3)

14 (2)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

Having children is the meaning of life

Strongly agree

147 (84)

575 (90)

0.9 (0.7-1.4)

1.1 (0.8-1.6)

Not strongly agree

28 (16)

62 (10)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

My birth experience made me decide not to have any more children

Strongly agree

19 (11)

23 (4)

3.7 (1.6-8.7)**

4.2 (1.7-10.5)**

Not strongly agree

157 (89)

601 (96)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

Birth experience

    

Positive

157 (87)

626 (97)

1.0 Ref

1.0 Ref

Negative

23 (13)

20 (3)

4.6 (2.5-8.6)***

3.6 (1.9-7.1)***

  1. aProlonged labour includes women who experienced a prolonged labour with and without diagnosis.
  2. bNormal labour includes women who experienced a normal labour with and without oxytocin augmentation.
  3. cNumber may not add to 100% due to missing internal values.
  4. dAdjusted for number of children.
  5. eReference = Women not exposed to the studied variable.
  6. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
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