From: Navigating maternity health care: a survey of the Canadian prairie newcomer experience
Newcomer (N = 140) | Canadian-born (N = 1137) | P-value | |||
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Weighted mean | 95% CI | Weighted mean | 95% CI | ||
Perception of intrapartum care | |||||
Health care provider recommended C-section | 16.8 | 11.3, 24.2 | 15.9 | 13.8, 18.3 | 0.58 |
Type of actual birth | 0.02 | ||||
Vaginal | 63.9 | 55.2, 71.8 | 75.3 | 72.5, 77.8 | |
C-section | 36.1 | 28.2, 44.8 | 24.7 | 22.2, 27.5 | |
Planned C-section | |||||
Yes | 47.3 | 33.0, 61.9 | 49.4 | 43.2, 55.6 | 0.86 |
Planned medical or non-medical reasons (for C-section) | 0.03 | ||||
Planned medical | *Over 80% | 85.0 | 77.3, 90.4 | ||
Non-medical | Suppressed | 15.0 | |||
Exercise of choice | |||||
Was labour induced | 0.1 | ||||
Yes | 50.3 | 40.1, 59.9 | 43.2 | 39.9, 46.5 | |
Use of forceps | 0.03 | ||||
Yes | 13.1 | 7.5, 21.8 | 6.0 | 4.6, 7.9 | |
Use of stirups | 0.01 | ||||
Yes | 70.1 | 58.8, 79.4 | 52.1 | 48.5, 55.7 | |
Episiotomy | 0.35 | ||||
Yes | 19.5 | 12.8, 28.6 | 14.2 | 12.1, 16.6 | |
Pain relief | |||||
Informed about labour progress | 0.87 | ||||
Yes | 87.7 | 79.1, 93.1 | 89.0 | 86.7, 90.9 | |
Post-natal care | |||||
Contacted by Public Health Nurse (PH visit) | 0.31 | ||||
Yes | *Over 97% | 93.6, 99.1 | 99.1 | 98.4, 99.5 |