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Table 1 Outcomes six weeks post-partum

From: Effects of a midwife psycho-education intervention to reduce childbirth fear on women’s birth outcomes and postpartum psychological wellbeing

Variable

Intervention group (n = 91)

Control group (n = 93 )

P

CI

Prefer CS next birth, n (%)

16 (17.6)

28 (30.1)

0.04

0.24 – 0.99

SVD, n (%)

44 (48.4)

39 (41.9)

0.38

0.72 – 2.31

Forceps/ vacuum, n (%)

16 (17.6)

15 (16.1)

0.79

0.51 – 2.40

CS, n (%)

31 (34.1)

39 (41.9)

0.27

0.39 – 1.30

Elective CS, n (%)

15 (16.5)

16 (17.2)

0.88

0.43 – 2.05

Emergency CS, n (%)

16 (17.6)

23 (24.7)

0.23

0.31 – 1.32

Induction of labour, n (%)

34 (37.4)

27 (29.1)

0.25

0.76 – 2.75

Missing

11 (12.1)

13 (14)

Narcotic in labour, n (%)

26 (28.6)

29 (31.2)

0.65

0.44 – 1.66

Missing

11 (12.1)

12 (12.9)

Epidural analgesia, n (%)

33 (36.3)

33 (35.5)

1.00

0.53 – 1.94

Missing

13 (14.3)

13 (14)

Preterm birth, n (%), range weeks

7 (7.7), 32–36

3 (3.2), 28–35

-

-

Admit to nursery, n (%)

16 (17.6)

18 (19.4)

0.75

0.42 – 1.87

Mother readmission, n (%)

3 (3.3)

5 (5.4)

-

-

Baby readmission, n (%)

8 (8.8)

6 (6.5)

-

-

B/fed 6weeks P/N, n (%)

76 (83.5)

73 (78.5)

0.38

0.66 – 2.91

Flashbacks of birth, n (%)

13 (14.3)

24 (25.8)

0.05

0.22 – 1.01

EPDS Mean (SD), range

6.2 (5), 0–22

5.5 (4.7), 0–23

0.30

-.67 – 2.14

Satisfaction birth mode

53 (58.2)

61 (65.6)

0.30

.40 – 1.32

Satisfaction of Decision Aid in Decreasing fear, n (%)

48 (53.3)

34 (37)

0.02

-.31 - -.02

Parenting confidence Mean (SD), range

32.4 (6.2), 10–42

33.3 (6.6), 15–42

0.32

−2.81 – 0.94

  1. CS caesarean section, SVD spontaneous vaginal delivery, B/fed breastfed, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, CI confidence interval 95 %