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Table 3 Planned place of birth in relation to sense of control (LAS) among women in midwife-led care at start of labour and who were transferred to obstetric-led care during labour (RQ2)

From: Birth setting, transfer and maternal sense of control: results from the DELIVER study

Transfer

  
   

Nulliparous women

 

Parous women

LAS* 1st stage

     
 

N

Estimated Mean LAS

Difference (95% CI)

N

Estimated Mean LAS

Difference (95% CI)

Crude

      

Home-transfer

294

58.6

2.2 (−0.1, 4.5)

95

59.7

3.1 (−0.4, 6.5)

Hosp-transfer

244

56.4

-

108

56.6

-

Adjusted

      

Home-transfer

292

58.4

1.7 (−0.6, 4.0)

95

58.9

1.8 (−1.8, 5.4)

Hosp-transfer

241

56.7

-

106

57.1

-

LAS* 2nd stage

     
 

N

     

Crude

      

Home-transfer

275

57.1

2.6 (0.1, 5.2)**

91

59.0

5.1 (1.2, 9.0)**

Hosp-transfer

226

54.5

-

104

53.9

-

Adjusted

      

Home-transfer

273

57.0

2.5 (−0.1, 5.1)

91

58.5

4.3 (0.2, 8.4)**

Hosp-transfer

223

54.5

-

102

54.2

-

  1. * Labour Agentry Scale (LAS): measured with 11 items on a 7-point Likert scale (min. score 11, max. score = 77).
  2. ** p < 0.05.
  3. Crude: multilevel analysis with 2 levels (midwifery practice and pregnant women).
  4. Adjusted: for maternal age, social status, ethnicity (Dutch, western background, non-western background).
  5. Home-transfer: women who planned a home birth and who had care transferred during labour.
  6. Hosp-transfer: women who planned a hospital birth and who had care transferred during labour.
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